kinesthesia
noun
kin·es·the·sia
ˌki-nəs-ˈthē-zh(ē-)ə 
ˌkī-
ˌkī-
variants
or kinesthesis
ˌki-nəs-ˈthē-səs
or chiefly British kinaesthesia
or kinaesthesis
ˌkī-
plural kinesthesias or kinestheses
ˌki-nəs-ˈthē-ˌsēz
ˌkī-
: a sense mediated by receptors located in muscles, tendons, and joints and stimulated by bodily movements and tensions
also
: sensory experience derived from this sense
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Neurophysiologists call awareness of the movement and position of one's body parts kinesthesia.
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Robbie Gonzalez, WIRED, 14 Mar. 2018
To feel truly lifelike, prosthetics will require not just kinesthesia, but a sense of touch.
—Robbie Gonzalez, WIRED, 14 Mar. 2018
The sensation is entirely distinct from touch, yet kinesthesia is equally if not more important for complex motor tasks.
—Robbie Gonzalez, WIRED, 14 Mar. 2018
This sense of body position, known as kinesthesia, has proved tricky to build into prosthetic arms.
—Frankie Schembri, Science | AAAS, 14 Mar. 2018
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Robbie Gonzalez, WIRED, 14 Mar. 2018
To feel truly lifelike, prosthetics will require not just kinesthesia, but a sense of touch.
—Robbie Gonzalez, WIRED, 14 Mar. 2018
The sensation is entirely distinct from touch, yet kinesthesia is equally if not more important for complex motor tasks.
—Robbie Gonzalez, WIRED, 14 Mar. 2018
This sense of body position, known as kinesthesia, has proved tricky to build into prosthetic arms.
—Frankie Schembri, Science | AAAS, 14 Mar. 2018
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kinesthesia
noun
kin·es·the·sia
ˌkin-əs-ˈthē-zh(ē-)ə, ˌkī-nəs-
variants
or kinesthesis
or chiefly British kinaesthesia
or kinaesthesis
plural kinesthesias or kinestheses
-ˌsēz
: a sense mediated by end organs located in muscles, tendons, and joints and stimulated by bodily movements and tensions
also
: sensory experience derived from this sense see muscle sense
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