Motion Definition, Prefix, Suffix, Ologies and Isms, Motion Information and Meaning
See also TRAVEL.
- apheliotropism
- the tendency of some plants to grow in a direction away from the sun.
- apogeotropism
- the tendency of some plants to grow away from the earth and the pull of gravity. —apogeotropic, adj.
- bradykinesia, bradykinesis
- slowness of movement. —bradykinetic, adj.
- chemotaxis
- the property of some plants and animals of moving toward or away from certain chemicals.
- chemotropism
- growth or motion in response to a chemical stimulus. —chemotropic, adj.
- diatropism
- the capacity or tendency of some plants to adopt a position transverse to the line of force of an external stimulus. — diatropic, adj.
- dromophobia
- kinetophobia.
- galvanotropism
- growth or movement of an organism in response to an electric current. —galvanotropic, adj.
- geotaxis
- the movement of an organism in response to the force of gravity.
- kinematics
- the study of the motion of bodies considered independently of external forces. Also called phoronomy. —kinematic, adj.
- kinesomania
- a mania for movement.
- kinetics
- the branch of physics that studies the motion of masses in relation to the forces acting on them.
- kinetophobia
- an abnormal fear or dislike of motion. Also called dromophobia.
- phoronomy
- kinematics.
- photokinesis
- movement of bodies, organisms, etc., in response to the stimulus of light. —photokinetic, adj.
- phototaxis, phototaxy
- the movement of an organism away from or toward a source of light. —phototactic, adj.
- phototropism
- motion in a particular direction under the stimulus of light, as exhibited by certain plants, organisms, etc. —phototropic, adj.
- rheotaxis
- the tendency of certain living things to move in response to the mechanical stimulus of a current of water.
- stereotaxis
- orientation or movement of an organism in response to the stimulus of a solid object. Cf. stereotropism. —stereotactic, adj.
- stereotropism
- growth or movement determined by contact with a solid. Also called thigmotropism. Cf. stereotaxis. —stereotropic, adj.
- tachophobia
- an abnormal fear of speed.
- thigmotropism
- stereotropism. —thigmotropic, adj.
- trochilics
- Rare. the science of rotary motion. —trochilic, adj.
- trophotropism
- the movement of cells in relation to food or nutritive matter. —trophotropic, adj.
- tropism
- the tendency of a plant, animal, or part to move or turn in response to an external stimulus, as sunlight or temperature. —tropistic, adj.