kinetic
adjective
pertaining to motion.
kinetically
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a word derived from
kinetic.
Example Sentences
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Skybetter, the choreographer, recently attended a Kendrick Lamar show to experience what he described as “some of the most kinetically exciting music being made right now.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 31, 2025
Known as kinetically controlled space confinement, the process could help improve the stability and reduce the cost of halide perovskite-based emerging technologies like optoelectronics and photovoltaics.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2023
The band’s uninhibited dancing, statuesque wigs and absurdist lyrics embraced the ecstatic, and its kinetically rhythmic guitar, precise drumming and bursts of Farfisa organ ensured a good time.
From New York Times ● Aug. 10, 2022
She spins and dips dramatically and bounces kinetically during the low, squatting move known as the “duck walk,” all while tossing her curly mane.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2019
It can then be used to illustrate Poinsot’s theory of the motion of a body under no force, the gyroscope being made kinetically unsymmetrical by a setting of the screws.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various
