An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
MOTILITY
motion, movement, move, motility
(noun) 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”
motility
(noun) ability to move spontaneously and independently
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
motility (countable and uncountable, plural motilities)
(uncountable) The state of being motile (moving)
(countable) The degree to which something is motile
Source: Wiktionary
Mo*til"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. motilité.] (Physiol.)
Definition: Capability of motion; contractility.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate
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