Defn: Producing motion. [R.]
MOTILE
Mo"tile, a. Etym: [See Motive.]
1. (Biol.)
Defn: Having powers of self-motion, though unconscious; as, the motile spores of certain seaweeds.
2. Producing motion; as, motile powers.
MOTILITY
Mo*til"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. motilité.] (Physiol.)
Defn: Capability of motion; contractility.
MOTION
Mo"tion, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. motio, fr. movere, motum, to move. See
Move.]
1. The act, process, or state of changing place or position; movement; the passing of a body from one place or position to another, whether voluntary or involuntary; — opposed to rest. Speaking or mute, all comeliness and grace attends thee, and each word, each motion, forms. Milton.
2. Power of, or capacity for, motion. Devoid of sense and motion. Milton.