Usually means: Movement of objects without contact.
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  1. parakinesis: Merriam-Webster
  2. parakinesis: Wordnik
  3. parakinesis: Wiktionary
  4. parakinesis: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words

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  1. parakinesis: Medical dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (parakinesis)

noun:  (medicine) The incorporation of a choreic or involuntary movement into a voluntary one
noun:  (archaic) A supposed paranormal phenomenon in which the relatively small force imparted to an object is not sufficient to explain the degree of resulting movement

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