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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In physiology, spontaneous motion.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Physiol.) Spontaneous or voluntary movement; movement due to an internal cause.

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  • noun A visual illusion in which a stationary source of light appears to move.

Etymologies

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auto- +‎ kinesis

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