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Kie Kil Kin Kip

Kinesthesia

/ˌkinəsˈTHēZHə/

Noun

1. Sensation or perception of motion. (wiktionary.org)

  • (Physiology) the perception of the movement of one’s own body, its limbs and muscles etc.
  • (Performing arts) A spectator’s perception of the motion of a performer, or, the effect of the motion of a scene on the spectator.

2. Proprioception or static position sense; the perception of the position and posture of the body; also, more broadly, including the motion of the body as well. (wiktionary.org)

3. Awareness of the position and movement of the parts of the body by means of sensory organs (proprioceptors) in the muscles and joints. (Google Dictionary)

4. The ability to feel movements of the limbs and body. (wordnetweb.princeton.edu)

Word origin: Modern Latin compound of Greek kinein “to set in motion; to move” + aisthesis “perception”