motile

Meaning

Adj

1. In organisms: having the power to move spontaneously.
2. In organs or organelles: capable of producing motion.
3. In organs: having the power to move their contents, or to change their shape or tension by writhing or contracting as required by their particular physiological functions.
4. Of or relating to those mental images that arise from the sensations of bodily movement and position.

Noun

A person whose prevailing mental imagery takes the form of inner feelings of action, such as incipient pronunciation of words, muscular innervations, etc.

Opposite of

sessile

Synonyms

mobile

movable

detachable

locomotive

motive

motor

moveable

portable

transportable

actuating

wearable

ambulatory

Translations

متحرّك

movible

freibeweglich

mobil

transportabel

transportfähig

κινητήριος

κινητός

mobile

transportable

motile

mobile

trasferibile

trasportabile

ambulatilis

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈməʊtaɪl/

Etymology

From Latin mōtus, perfect passive participle of moveō (“I move”) (English move).