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单词 autokinesis
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Definition of autokinesis in English:

autokinesis

noun ˌɔːtə(ʊ)kɪˈniːsɪsˌɔːtə(ʊ)kʌɪˈniːsɪs
  • 1Voluntary movement (of a muscle or the body). rare.

  • 2Metaphysics. The self-generated or spontaneous motion of the soul.

  • 3An optical illusion in which a small stationary object in a uniform background, especially a light source in an otherwise dark field, appears to move.

Origin

Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Robley Dunglison (1798–1869), physician and medical writer. Partly from Hellenistic Greek αὐτοκίνησις self-motion, and partly from auto- + -kinesis.

 
 

Definition of autokinesis in US English:

autokinesis

noun
  • 1Voluntary movement (of a muscle or the body). rare.

  • 2Metaphysics. The self-generated or spontaneous motion of the soul.

  • 3An optical illusion in which a small stationary object in a uniform background, especially a light source in an otherwise dark field, appears to move.

Origin

Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Robley Dunglison (1798–1869), physician and medical writer. Partly from Hellenistic Greek αὐτοκίνησις self-motion, and partly from auto- + -kinesis.

 
 
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