kinesthetic

[ kin-uhs-thet-ik ]
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adjective
  1. Psychology, Physiology. having to do with movement or sensation, especially within the body:One quintessential spa experience was to go back and forth from the scalding hot pool to the ice cold pool, sending your body into a heightened kinesthetic state.

  2. needing to move: Some teachers feel that their most energetic and distractible students are actually kinesthetic learners, who need to get their whole body involved in the learning process.

Origin of kinesthetic

1
First recorded in 1890–95 as kinæsthetic;kinesthe(sia) + -tic
  • Also especially British, kin·aes·thet·ic .

Other words from kinesthetic

  • kin·es·thet·ic·al·ly; especially British, kin·aes·thet·ic·al·ly, adverb

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