Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, or produced by motion.
- adjective Relating to or exhibiting kinesis.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Causing motion; motory.
- Pertaining to or consisting in motion: as, kinetic energy (energy in the form of motion).
- noun Same as
kinetics .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Physics) Moving or causing motion; motory; active, as opposed to latent.
- adjective See
Energy , n. 4.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or relating to
motion - adjective Of or relating to
kinesis
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective characterized by motion
- adjective relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces associated therewith
- adjective supplying motive force
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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The military, as we know from classified military documents put on the Internet by WikiLeaks last month, prefers the term kinetic strike.
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Those Iraqi police have then been able to, as the troops have gone on what they describe as kinetic missions to root out al Qaeda.
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Those Iraqi police have then been able to, as the troops have gone on what they describe as kinetic missions to root out al Qaeda.
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Cruz-Diez is known as a kinetic artist because motion is involved in his works.
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And Abrams seems to me to bring a certain kinetic energy to the whole Star Trek Universe -- a revitalization, or re-energizing of the theme.
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Cruz-Diez is known as a kinetic artist because motion is involved in his works.
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All Replies from BeardogRed wrote 6 weeks 2 days ago small difference in kinetic energy.
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It is a linear epistemology; and those with the most faith in kinetic force tend to be those who overlook complexity and confluential processes, preferring to eliminate complexity by obliterating whatever does not hold to their line of sight.
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Cruz-Diez is known as a kinetic artist because motion is involved in his works.
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Boys are supposed to like sports, rasslin ', "kinetic activities."
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It’s also important that either the FBI or local police determine how likely it is that threats turn “kinetic”—meaning, become physically dangerous to journalists, property, families.
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The book included everything from conventional destruction — an incinerator or a hydrolysis machine — to “kinetic” options (bombs, essentially) and strategies to quickly render warfare agents unusable in the event of a more surgical military operation.
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