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What (who) is motile - definition
ABILITY TO MOVE SPONTANEOUSLY AND ACTIVELY, USING METABOLIC ENERGY
Motile; Cell motility; Freeswimming; Free-swimming; Free swimming; Motilities; Motilely; Motileness; Motile cell; Immotile; Hypomotility; Vagility; Vagile; Cell locomotion
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motile
['m??t??l]
¦ adjective
1. Zoology & Botany (of cells, gametes, and single-celled organisms) capable of motion.
2. Psychology relating to or characterized by responses that involve muscular rather than audio-visual sensations.
Derivatives
motility noun
Origin
C19: from L. motus 'motion', on the pattern of mobile.
Motile
·adj Producing motion; as, motile powers.
II. Motile ·add. ·adj Producing motion; as, motile powers.
III. Motile ·adj Having powers of self-motion, though unconscious; as, the motile spores of certain seaweeds.
IV. Motile ·add. ·adj Exhibiting, or capable of, spontaneous movement; as, motile cilia, motile spores, ·etc.
V. Motile ·add. ·noun A person whose prevailing mental imagery takes the form of inner feelings of action, such as incipient pronunciation of words, muscular innervations, ·etc.
Free-swimming
·adj Swimming in the open sea;
- said of certain marine animals.
Wikipedia
Motility
Motility is the ability of an organism to move independently, using metabolic energy.
Examples of use of motile
1. The test will show whether the level of motile sperm is above or below the normally expected levels needed to reach and fertilise the egg.
2. Male rat pups born to these mothers had a 20 percent lower than normal sperm count, their sperm were less motile, meaning they did not swim as well, and they were less fertile.