Definizione monolingua

telekinesis

telekinesis (countable and uncountable; plural telekineses)

1. (uncountable) The ability to move an object with the power of ones thoughts.
   • 1899, Thomson Jay Hudson, The Divine Pedigree of Man, page 154:

     Telekinetic energy, which has been variously designated as psychic force (Sir William Crookes), ectenic force (Professor Thury), and telekinesis (Professor Cowes), is demonstrably a power or faculty of the subjective mind.

   • 1920, Hereward Carrington, The Physical Phenomena of Spiritualism, page 367:

     And this brings me to a consideration of how the phenomena of telekinesis may conceivably be produced — granting that the phenomena are ever genuine at all.

   • 1988, Robert Salvatore, The Crystal Shard, page 39:

     Venison he declared, mentally lifting the animal through the air toward him without a second thought to the act, though telekinesis was a spell that hadnt been in the considerable repertoire of Morkai the Red.

   • 2000, Fred M. Frohock, Lives of the Psychics: The Shared Worlds of Science and Mysticism?, page 29:

     She regards telekinesis as impossible and claims for it as generally fraudulent. For two years she worked in a university laboratory testing telekinesis,

   • 2002, Rita Berkowtiz; Deborah S. Romaine, The Complete Idiots Guide to Communicating with Spirits?, page 187:

     Perhaps the most famous demonstrations of telekinesis came in the 1970s when a young psychic from Russia named Uri Geller came to prominence for his ability to bend spoons and other metal objects without any physical contact.

   • 2006, Richard Cadena, Automated Lighting, page 434:

     And if voice-activated control isnt enough, we could someday use telekinesis to control lights with our thoughts.

2. An instance of use of such power.

Definizione dizionario telekinesis

telecinesi

Altri significati:

ability to move an object with the power of one's thoughts

An instance of use of such power.

(uncountable) The ability to move an object with the power of one's thoughts.