kinesis: Meaning and Definition of

ki•ne•sis

1. the movement of an organism in response to a stimulus, as light.

-kinesis

1. a combining form with the general sense “movement, activity,” used in the formation of compound words, often with the particular senses “reaction to a stimulus” (photokinesis), “movement without an apparent physical cause” (telekinesis), “activity within a cell” (karyokinesis). Cf. -kinesia.