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kinetic

1

[ ki-net-ik, kahy- ]

adjective

  1. pertaining to motion.
  2. caused by motion.
  3. characterized by movement:

    Running and dancing are kinetic activities.



-kinetic

2
  1. a combining form found on adjectives that correspond to nouns ending in -kinesia or -kinesis:

    bradykinetic.

kinetic

/ kaɪ-; kɪˈnɛtɪk /

adjective

  1. relating to, characterized by, or caused by motion
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • kiˈnetically, adverb
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Other Words From

  • ki·neti·cal·ly adverb
  • nonki·netic adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of kinetic1

1850–55; < Greek kīnētikós moving, equivalent to kīnē- (verbid stem of kīneîn to move) + -tikos -tic

Origin of kinetic2

< Greek kīnēt ( ós ) ( kineto- ) + -ic
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Word History and Origins

Origin of kinetic1

C19: from Greek kinētikos, from kinein to move
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Example Sentences

Another member of the Legislature, Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, is the author of a measure to ban the use of police kinetic projectiles and chemical agents to disperse protests.

Another bill by Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez sought to ban the use of police kinetic projectiles and chemical agents to disperse protests.

The bill largely bans the use of police kinetic projectiles and chemical agents to disperse protests.

Now the Pacers have the 6-foot-5 Brogdon back from injury to join with 6-foot-11 Domantas Sabonis, an artist who plays in waltz time, although losing the kinetic LeVert deprives them of their trio of 20-point scorers.

At the latter, all eyes are on the colorful, elaborate, wildly kinetic constructions darting through the sky.

What looks like filthy chaos at the moment is actually the  kinetic energy that gives birth to modern metropolises.

And she's walking, head bobbing, with an odd kinetic purpose, behind other people's camera shots.

There was a kinetic energy, a vibrancy that leapt off the screen that did, indeed, dazzle.

An opening that features something kinetic seems to work pretty often.

In the early 2000s, Dutschke joined a Tupelo studio called Kinetic Kick owned by Noel McMichael.

The laws of gases, it is known, are in accord with the two simple assumptions of the kinetic theory.

This represents, therefore, the pressure of such a gas, as calculated on the basis of the assumptions of the kinetic theory.

It is therefore natural to look for the cause of osmotic pressure in kinetic phenomena and not in attractions.

When a pendulum is vibrating, there is a continual transformation of potential into kinetic energy, and vice versa.

This energy, potential or latent in the coal, becomes kinetic and evident in the heat of the boiler and the work of the engine.

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