Sessile vs. Motile

Sessileadjective

(zoology) Permanently attached to a substrate; not free to move about.

Sessileadjective

(botany) Attached directly by the base; not having an intervening stalk; stalkless.

Sessileadjective

Attached without any sensible projecting support.

Sessileadjective

Resting directly upon the main stem or branch, without a petiole or footstalk; as, a sessile leaf or blossom.

Sessileadjective

Permanently attached; - said of the gonophores of certain hydroids which never became detached.

Sessileadjective

permanently attached to a substrate; not free to move about;

Sessileadjective

attached directly by the base; not having an intervening stalk;

Motileadjective

(biology) Having the power to move spontaneously.

Motileadjective

Producing motion.

Motileadjective

(psychology) Of or relating to those mental images that arise from the sensations of bodily movement and position.

Motilenoun

(psychology) A person whose prevailing mental imagery takes the form of inner feelings of action, such as incipient pronunciation of words, muscular innervations, etc.

Motileadjective

Exhibiting, or capable of, spontaneous movement; as, motile bacteria, motile protozoa, motile cilia, motile spores, etc.

Motileadjective

Producing motion; as, motile powers.

Motilenoun

A person whose prevailing mental imagery takes the form of inner feelings of action, such as incipient pronunciation of words, muscular innervations, etc.

Motilenoun

one whose prevailing mental imagery takes the form of inner feelings of action

Motileadjective

(of spores or microorganisms) capable of movement

Motileadjective

(of cells, gametes, and single-celled organisms) capable of motion

Motileadjective

relating to or characterized by responses that involve muscular rather than audiovisual sensations.