The perception of body position and movement and muscular tensions etc

• The ability to feel movements of the limbs and body

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 Sensation or perception of motion. 2 # (context physiology English) The perception of the movement of one's own body, its limbs and muscles etc. 3 # (context performing arts English) A spectator's perception of the motion of a performer, or, the effect ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
kinaesthesia \kin`aes*the"sia\, kinaesthesis \kin`aes*the"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. kinei^n to move + ? perception.] (Physiol.) The perception attendant upon the movements of the muscles; the sensation accompanying movement of the muscles. [Also spelled kin`es*the"sia ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the perception of body position and movement and muscular tensions etc [syn: kinaesthesia , feeling of movement ] the ability to feel movements of the limbs and body [syn: kinesthesis , kinaesthesis , kinaesthesia , kinesthetics , muscle sense , sense ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also kinaesthesia , 1888, Modern Latin compound of Greek kinein "to set in motion; to move" (see cite ) + aisthesis "perception" (see anaesthesia ).