kinesiology
(kaɪniːsɪˈɒlədʒɪ)
[f. kinesi- + -ology.]
The field of study concerned with the mechanics of (human) bodily movement.
| 1894 N. Posse Special Kinesiology p. v, I have deemed it desirable to change the title into Special Kinesiology,—it being a treatise on the mechanics, effects, and classification of special exercises. 1936 Nature 14 Mar. 438/2 This book [sc. Mechanics of Normal and Pathological Locomotion in Man] should take a prominent place in the literature of kinesiology. 1941 Res. Q. Amer. Assoc. Health & Physical Educ. XII. 163 While kinesiology borders on the field of several sciences, its greatest practical interest is in the field of physical education. 1963 M. G. Scott (title) Analysis of human motion: a textbook in kinesiology. |
Hence kinesioˈlogic, -ˈlogical adjs., kinesiˈologist, a person who studies kinesiology or kinesics.
| 1941 Res. Q. Amer. Assoc. Health & Physical Educ. XII. 167 He presents a concise kinesiological analysis. Ibid. 165 The importance of the part he [sc. Aristotle] played as a founder of the study of the mechanics of movement is hardly realized by many contemporary kinesiologists. 1950 K. F. Wells Kinesiology xvi. 350 (heading) The kinesiologic analysis of a movement. 1952 R. L. Birdwhistell Introd. Kinesics (U.S. Dept. State, Foreign Service Inst.) 3 The term social kinesiologist has been selected as the term for one attempting to analyze systematically the data covered by kinesic investigation. Ibid. 15 This is particularly difficult for the average American mover when working with the kinesiological systems of other Americans. 1965 Osgood & Sebeok Psycholinguistics iv. 85 Kinesiologists require training in objective looking—the untrained observer will be likely to perceive only those movements which are significant in his own ‘language’. |