kinetic energy

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kinetic energy - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  kinetic \ki*net"ic\ (k[i^]*n[e^]t"[i^]k or k[-i]*n[e^]t"[i^]k),
     a. [Gr. kinhtiko`s, from kinei^n to move.] (Physics)
     Moving or causing motion; motory; active, as opposed to
     latent.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Kinetic energy. See Energy, n. 4.
        [1913 Webster] kinesthesis
        kinesthesia

kinetic energy - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  kinetic energy
      n 1: the mechanical energy that a body has by virtue of its
           motion [syn: kinetic energy, K.E.]