(kih-nee-sis) A change in activity rate in response to a stimulus.

"physical movement, muscular action," 1819, from Greek kinesis "movement, motion," from kinein "to move," from PIE *kie-neu-, suffixed form of root *keie- "set in mo [..]

Movements by an organism in random directions in response to stimulus. kinetic energy

An animal might be more or less active according the the amount of light, temperature or humidity and is a type of movement in which an organism's response is related to the intensity of the stim [..]

Locomotor Behavior not involving a steering reaction, but in which there may be a turning random in direction. It includes orthokinesis, the rate of Movement and klinokinesis, the amount of turning, w [..]

Locomotor behavior not involving a steering reaction, but in which there may be a turning random in direction. It includes orthokinesis, the rate of movement and klinokinesis, the amount of turning, w [..]

(plural. kineses). Undirected movement that depends on stimulus magnitude (as when the random movements of an insect larva increase with light and stop when it reaches the dark).

the movement of an organism in response to an external stimulus

body movement and activity.