Crossword clues for telekinesis
The Collaborative International Dictionary
telekinesis \tel`e*ki*ne"sis\ (t[e^]l`[u^]*k[i^]*n[=e]"s[i^]s), n. the ability to move objects by means of thought alone, without physical means; -- an ability claimed by certain persons, such as mediums.
Note: the existence of this ability is disbelieved by most scientists.
Syn: psychokinesis
Telenergy \Tel*en"er*gy\, n. [Gr. th^le far + energy.] Display of force or energy at a distance, or without contact; now more commonly called telekinesis; -- applied to mediumistic phenomena. -- Tel`en*er"gic, a.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1890, said in early references to have been coined by Alexander N. Aksakof (1832-1903) Imperial Councilor to the Czar, in Modern Latin, literally "motion at a distance," from tele- + Greek kinesis "movement, motion," from PIE root *keie- "to set in motion" (see cite). Translates German Fernwirkung. Related: Telekinetic.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context uncountable English) The ability to move objects with the power of one's mind. 2 An instance of use of such power.
WordNet
n. the power to move something by thinking about it without the application of physical force [syn: psychokinesis]
Wikipedia
Telekinesis is a mysterious character who appeared in Supergirl and the Legion of Superheroes 28, as a member of a rival team to the Legion, the Wanderers.
Telekinesis is Michael Benjamin Lerner, an indie rocker based out of Seattle who is currently signed to Merge Records. The band was signed to Merge Records in early 2009, and shortly afterward released the debut album Telekinesis! on April 7, 2009. Recorded in September 2008, the album was produced, mixed, and engineered with the help of Chris Walla (guitarist for Death Cab For Cutie), who also played on most tracks. Lerner and Walla recorded one song per day on analog tape.
Telekinesis covered ELO's " Can't Get It Out of My Head" for the American Laundromat Records charity album Sing Me To Sleep–Indie Lullabies, released May 2010. The band also covered Nirvana's " On A Plain" in 2011 for SPIN Magazine's exclusive tribute album, Newermind: A Tribute to Nirvana.
"Power Lines" from the band's third album Dormarion was the title song for the Amazon show Betas.
Telekinesis is a term used in parapsychology as either an alternate for psychokinesis or as the name of a specialty ability under the umbrella term of psychokinesis to refer to using the power of the mind to cause the movement of matter at a distance.
It can also refer to:
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Telekinesis (band), an indie rock band based in Seattle, Washington.
- Telekinesis!, the debut album of Telekinesis, the band.
- Telekinesis (comics), a superhero from DC Comics.
Usage examples of "telekinesis".
Rosemary acted as his subject, and she supposedly has astounding abilities in clairvoyance, telepathy and telekinesis.
Talon used his telekinesis to lift the Daimon up, spin him head over heels, and slam him into a wall.
Renowned in occult circles throughout Europe, he had achieved successes in every type of mediumistic endeavor, from levitation to clairvoyance, from telepathy and telekinesis to the various forms of spirit evocation and ectoplasmic materialization.
Telepathy, clairvoyance, pyrotechnic, telekinesis, precognition, transmutation and the hundreds of psi-skill variants that defied easy classification?
I use the term extra-physical to avoid any confusion with paraphysical, with such evidently existing but usually uncontrollable and elusive forces as telepathy, telekinesis, and other extrasensory perception phenomena.
Inasmuch as her skill as a teleporter had been perfected in the meantime and she was practically equal to Pucky in telekinesis and telepathy, Rhodan had had no qualms about including her on the mission.
But she'd come early into her extraordinary mental powers, frightening everyone on the station with her antics and incredibly dangerous use of telekinesis.
Just take one, telekinesis, and let your mind play with the possibilities… Combines hire him and use him against rival governments.
She remembered now, too, something that Aivas had said in her hearing, when she was working in Admin. "The white one leads the way but why is it that they do not use telekinesis if they can telepath and teleport?
He also believed in ghosts, poltergeists, demonic possession, Satanic possession, flying saucers, alien abduction, Roswell, Bigfoot, the Loch Ness monster, the Bermuda Triangle, telepathy, telekinesis, pyrokinesis, spontaneous combustion, levitation, reincarnation, out-of-body consciousness and the rapture.
I've always been fascinated by matters paranormal, from ghosts and mummy's curses to ancient astronauts, telekinesis, and spirit photography, but I've never entertained any real belief in these things, and most sf readers and writers I've known have taken a similarly skeptical view.
One fact that appears to be sufficiently striking to report at this early date, however, is that one of the defining characteristics of the religion is an advanced development in telekinesis.
He had read a lot of the literature of parapsychology during their year on the dodge, enough to know that both pyrokinesis and telekinesis were suspected to be tied in with certain poorly understood ductless glands.
Carrying exchange forces across the interface between the tachyonic and electromagnetic spectra, it is responsible for such telurgic phenomena as telepathy, telekinesis, and teleportation.
And if it was telekinesis it was the garden variety and nothing more.