motile
1 of 2adjective
mo·tile ˈmō-tᵊl 
-ˌtī(-ə)l
: exhibiting or capable of movement
motile
2 of 2noun
: a person whose prevailing mental imagery takes the form of inner feelings of action
Example Sentences
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Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 21 June 2021 Some of the chloroplasts changed into more primitive, more motile proto-plastids that could get as small as 0.2 microns. Quanta Magazine, 20 Jan. 2021 Unencumbered by truth, the face becomes interesting, motile—a work of art. The New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2020 This process involves washing it to remove unwanted substances like non-motile sperm, white blood cells and prostaglandins (hormone-like chemicals that can cause painful cramping when deposited into the uterus). Christina Caron, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2020 In that Human Fertility study, only 37 percent of the sperm-containing precum samples had a fair amount of motile sperm, as in, ones that could make the journey toward an egg. Kasandra Brabaw, SELF, 7 Mar. 2019 For Mr. Alaïa, each stitch, every motile moment, has to have an integral (as opposed to decorative) reason for being. Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 8 July 2017 Jen Christiansen, Scientific American, 21 May 2013 The bank guarantees a vial will have 10 million or 15 million total motile sperm. New York Times, 8 Jan. 2021 While the majority of male animals produce large numbers of small sperm, ostracods, the report authors said, produce small numbers of oversized sperm, with long motile tails. Amy Woodyatt, CNN, 17 Sep. 2020 Then the motile dendritic cells circulate through the body and spread the prion via TNTs to the spleen and lymph nodes (which are immune system organs) and peripheral nerves. Quanta Magazine, 23 Apr. 2018 At their headquarters in Front Royal, Virginia, SCBI scientists performed Rizzo’s artificial insemination with a sample of approximately 300 million motile oryx sperm—10 times more than previously used for such procedures. Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian, 10 July 2018 Floor-length silk fringe created a motile surface on capes and gowns, ever adrift in the wind. Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2018 Others saw the motile creatures in the semen and believed them to be the source of the future baby. Abraham Verghese, New York Times, 23 June 2017 See More
Adjective
Moreover, having normal semen volumes, sperm motility, sperm concentration, and total motile sperm counts are not guarantees of fertility. Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 21 June 2021 Some of the chloroplasts changed into more primitive, more motile proto-plastids that could get as small as 0.2 microns. Quanta Magazine, 20 Jan. 2021 Unencumbered by truth, the face becomes interesting, motile—a work of art. The New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2020 This process involves washing it to remove unwanted substances like non-motile sperm, white blood cells and prostaglandins (hormone-like chemicals that can cause painful cramping when deposited into the uterus). Christina Caron, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2020 In that Human Fertility study, only 37 percent of the sperm-containing precum samples had a fair amount of motile sperm, as in, ones that could make the journey toward an egg. Kasandra Brabaw, SELF, 7 Mar. 2019 For Mr. Alaïa, each stitch, every motile moment, has to have an integral (as opposed to decorative) reason for being. Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 8 July 2017 Noun
But one of my dreams at the time was to do 3-D imaging in real-time on live, motile cells. Jen Christiansen, Scientific American, 21 May 2013 The bank guarantees a vial will have 10 million or 15 million total motile sperm. New York Times, 8 Jan. 2021 While the majority of male animals produce large numbers of small sperm, ostracods, the report authors said, produce small numbers of oversized sperm, with long motile tails. Amy Woodyatt, CNN, 17 Sep. 2020 Then the motile dendritic cells circulate through the body and spread the prion via TNTs to the spleen and lymph nodes (which are immune system organs) and peripheral nerves. Quanta Magazine, 23 Apr. 2018 At their headquarters in Front Royal, Virginia, SCBI scientists performed Rizzo’s artificial insemination with a sample of approximately 300 million motile oryx sperm—10 times more than previously used for such procedures. Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian, 10 July 2018 Floor-length silk fringe created a motile surface on capes and gowns, ever adrift in the wind. Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2018 Others saw the motile creatures in the semen and believed them to be the source of the future baby. Abraham Verghese, New York Times, 23 June 2017 See More Word History
Etymology
Adjective
Latin motus, past participle of movēre
First Known Use
Adjective
1857, in the meaning defined above
Noun
1886, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
motile 1 of 2
adjective
mo·tile ˈmōt-ᵊl ˈmō-ˌtīl
ˈmō-ˌtīl : exhibiting or capable of movement
motile cilia
motile
2 of 2noun
: a person whose prevailing mental imagery is motor rather than visual or auditory and takes the form of inner feelings of action compare audile entry 1, tactile entry 2, visualizer
motile
adjective
as in moving
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- moving
- transportable
- transferable
- transferrable
- mobile
- unstable
- modular
- removable
- unbalanced
- movable
- adjustable
- flexible
- manageable
- unsteady
- portable
- removeable
- moveable
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- immobile
- nonmotile
- immovable
- static
- stationary
- unmovable
- irremovable
- motionless
- nonmoving
- immotile
- nonmobile
- still
- standing
- fixed
- stuck
- steadfast
- fast
- rooted
- moveless
- wedged
- paratacamite
- paratactic
- paratactical
- paratactically
- parataxes
- parataxis
- paratergite
- Paratetranychus
- paratha
- parathas
- parathelypteres
- parathelypterises
- parathelypterisses
- paratheses
- parathesis
- parathion
- parathions
- parathormone
- parathormones
- parathyroid
- parathyroid gland
- parathyroid hormone
- parathyroidectomies
- parathyroidectomized
- parathyroidectomy