motility n 1: ability to move spontaneously and independently [ant: {immotility}] 2: a change of position that does not entail a change of location; "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient move of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility" [syn: {motion}, {movement}, {move}, {motility}]
Motility \Mo*til"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. motilit['e].] (Physiol.) Capability of motion; contractility. [1913 Webster]