-kinesis, from Greek "kinesis", movement, motion, is a suffix that denotes movement. The word Kinesis itself similarly indicates movement, particularly in biology. This is an incomplete list of suffixes in English. ... The English suffix -archy (from Greek αρχή, rule) denotes leadership and government. ... The English suffix -cide denotes an act related to killing. ... The English suffix -cracy means a form of government or a state having such government. ... The English suffix -cycle indicates a vehicle for transportation, but generally smaller than an automobile or truck. ... Following the U.S. Watergate scandal in the 1970s, in which presidential prerogatives of the Nixon administration collided with the U.S. Constitution in a genuinely important crisis, the suffix -gate has been used to name various other scandals, some of which were distinctly minor affairs, as the following list... Disambiguation: -hood may also be short for neighbourhood -hood is an English suffix that means a state or condition of or a group sharing a certain characteristic. ... The Modern English adjectival suffix -ic was first seen as a suffix in English during the Middle English period. ... Look up -illion in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Look up -ism in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... -ist is an English suffix denoting a person - it describes that persons chief duty, or belief. ... The English suffix -mania denotes an obsession or madness towards something; a mania. ... The English suffix -nik is of Slavic origin. ... -graphy or -ography or -igraphy (etc. ... -oid is a suffix much used in the sciences and mathematics to indicate a similarity, not necessarily exact, to something else. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, -oid is derived from the Latin suffix -oides taken from Greek and meaning having the likeness of. Thus, asteroid means like a star... The English suffix -ology or -logy denotes a field of study or academic discipline, and -ologist describes a person who studies that field. ... -Ome is a suffix commonly attached to biological entities for describing very large-scale data collection and analysis. ... Informally, the English-language neologism omics refers to a field of study in biology ending in the suffix -omics such as genomics or proteomics. ... -nomy is a suffix used in English, derived from Greek. ... Words in English with the suffix -onym (from the Greek onoma which means name) refer to words with a particular property. ... -ous is an suffix used in chemistry to name chemical compounds in which a specified element has a lower oxidation number than in the equivalent compound whose name ends in the suffix -ic. ... Suffixes with the common part -phil- (-phile, -philia, -philic) are used to specify some kind of attraction or affinity to something, in particular the love or obsession with something. ... The English suffixes -phobia, -phobic, -phobe (of Greek origin) occur in technical usage in psychiatry to construct words that describe irrational, disabling fear as a mental disorder (e. ... In the English language, a variety of French-derived words ending in the suffix -phone exist to denote a connection to a specific language. ... A polis (πολις) — plural: poleis (πολεις) — is a city, or a city-state. ... -scope is a suffix used in English denoting viewing and observing. ... The suffix -stan or -sthan is Persian for home of and Sanskrit for place. It appears in the names of many countries and regions, especially in central Asia and the Indian subcontinent which are the areas where Persian and related languages have historically been used. ... Ville is the French word for city or town. ... This is a list of computing terms that end in -ware: Abandonware Adware Baitware Be-ware Beerware Bloatware Careware Crippleware Donationware Firmware Freeware Guiltware Hardware Malware Nagware Tupperware Scareware Software Shareware Spyware Payware Postcardware Vaporware Wetware Categories: English suffixes ... Look up affix in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... // Biology Kinesis is a movement or activity of a cell or an organism in response to a stimulus such as light. ...

Biologic uses

• Cytokinesis is the step of cell division following telophase of mitosis, when the cytoplasm is divided into two of roughly equal proportion to the two new daughter cells. This ensures there will be enough organelles for each of the new cells.

• Karyokinesis refers specifically to the division and replication of the nucleus.

• Photokinesis refers to movement, for example of bacteria, in response to light.

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Fictional uses

Additionally, words ending in "-kinesis" are occasionally coined in fiction to indicate hypothetical parapsychological abilities relating to movement or specific forms of environmental manipulation. A hypothesis is a suggested explanation of a phenomenon or reasoned proposal suggesting a possible correlation between multiple phenomena. ... Parapsychology is the study of the evidence of mental awareness or influence of external objects without interaction from known physical means. ... Devils Punchbowl Waterfall, New Zealand. ...

• Aerokinesis is the ability to mentally manipulate currents of wind. (Examples: See Fictional Aerokineticists)

• Atmokinesis is the ability to mentally affect the weather. (Examples: Storm in X-Men.)

• Audiokinesis is the ability to mentally control sound pitches and waves. (Examples: Kinuta Dosu and Zaku Abumi in Naruto, Banshee in X-Men)

• Biokinesis, also known as Vitakinesis, is the ability to mentally alter biology. This ranges from healing to manipulating DNA. (Examples: Leo Wyatt in Charmed, Max Evans in Roswell, Elixir in X-Men.)

• Chlorokinesis, also known as Xylokinesis or Agrokinesis, is the ability to mentally control the growth of plants. (Examples: Marvel Comics' Plantman.)

• Chronokinesis is the ability to mentally affect the flow of time. (Examples: Tempus, The Source, "Piper Halliwell," and The Avatars in Charmed, Illyria in Angel.)

• Cryokinesis is the thermokinetic ability to mentally absorb or displace thermal energy within atoms, effectively freezing an object by removing all heat. (Examples: Iceman in X-Men See Fictional Cryokineticists. )

• Electrokinesis is the ability to mentally manipulate electricity and electrical phenomena. (Examples: See Fictional Electrokineticists.)

• Gravitakinesis, from the Latin gravitas, heavy, also known as Gyrokinesis, is the ability to mentally manipulate gravitons and gravitational fields: the force of gravity or its effect on an object. (Examples: Graviton in Spider-Man, Freefall in Gen 13.)

• Hydrokinesis, is the ability to mentally manipulate water in its solid, liquid and gaseous states. (Examples: See Fictional Hydrokineticists.)

• Magnetokinesis, also known as Magnokinesis, is the ability to mentally manipulate all forms of magnetic and electromagnetic fields (Examples: Magneto in X-Men, DC Comics' Cosmic Boy.)

• Photokinesis, also known as Lumokinesis, is the ability to mentally manipulate or generate photons, to create beams of intense light. (Examples: DC Comics' Doctor Lights, one superheroine and one supervillain.)

• Psychokinesis (a more modern term for what was earlier known as telekinesis) is used to describe the power to move matter with the mind. This is the most commonly seen psychic power in fiction, displayed in both magical and science-fictional contexts. (Examples: Prudence "Prue" Halliwell in Charmed See Fictional Psychokineticists.)

• Pyrokinesis is the ability to manipulate fires, or in some definitions cause objects to ignite. (Examples:See Fictional Pyrokineticists.)

• Technokinesis is the ability to mentally manipulate technology and/or machines. (Examples: DC Comics' Hank Henshaw)

• Terrakinesis (or Geokinesis) is the ability to mentally manipulate the earth. (Examples: DC Comics' Terra, Magma in X-Men)

• Thermokinesis is the ability to manipulate heat, encompasing the ability to freeze things or heat things up. (See also Cryokinesis and Pyrokinesis.)

• Umbrakinesis is the ability to manipulate light, resulting in utter darkness. (Examples: DC Comics' Raven.)