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kinetic

kinetic

34 6.1
Showing movement or energy made by moving
  • adjective
  • /kɪˈnɛtɪk/
  • Specialized
translation icon : cinético
  • A conversion of potential energy to kinetic energy.
  • kinetic energy
  • potential and kinetic energy
  • kinematic and kinetic

And so let's rewind back to your first kinetic operation with the blue on blue.

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Examples

  • The students learn to process information and transfer knowledge through these concrete, kinetic, and cognitive experiences.

    Academic text (1991)
  • Of interest were plots of potential and kinetic energies as functions of the gait cycle.

    Academic text (1990)
  • And so in physics, the term kinetic just seemed to explain it very well.

  • To explain how this can happen, it is necessary to develop some kinetic understanding of the processes.

    Academic text (2011)
  • At midway between double support periods, the kinetic energy was minimum and the potential energy was maximum.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Kinetic energy, for example, has always fascinated me.

  • Electron temperature is a measure of the kinetic energy of motion of the electrons in the plasma.

    Academic text (1992)
  • A swingset sat still, robbed of the kinetic energy of children.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • The kinetic energy they're putting off is enough to counteract any of our powers.

  • The kinetic energy of the moving train was impressive to all the passengers.

Synonyms

dynamic
vskinetic
  • Specialized
26 5.1

About forces and motion in physics or how loud music is

focuses specifically on movement rather than forces or variation
motional
vskinetic
7.0

About movement or how things move

focuses on motion as cause rather than broader processes or forces

Compounds

kinetic energy
  • Specialized
15 3.9

The ability a moving object has to make things move

kinetic art
  • Specialized
7.2

Art that moves or looks like it moves to change what you see

kinetic sculpture
  • Specialized
6.5

A work of art that moves, often by wind or machine, to show changing shapes

kinetic theory
  • Specialized
6.3

An idea in physics that gases are made of tiny moving particles that cause pressure and temperature

4.6

An idea that explains gases as made of tiny particles moving in all directions

6.7

The idea that temperature goes up when particles move faster

post-kinetic effect
  • Specialized
9.9

A change in the body that happens after physical activity like exercise

Surface Forms

kinetic positive

Morphology

kinetic = kinet (opaque) = kinet + ic

The root 'kinet' is not a standalone English word, and the meaning is not directly derivable from its components.

Etymology

Kinetic comes from the Greek root kine- and kinesis, which mean 'movement', the same root you see in cinema because movies are 'moving' pictures. So, something kinetic is about or caused by movement.