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ki·net·ic 
[ki-net-ik, kahy-] Pronunciation Key
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[ki-net-ik, kahy-] Pronunciation Key –adjective
| 1. | pertaining to motion. |
| 2. | caused by motion. |
| 3. | characterized by movement: Running and dancing are kinetic activities. |
[Origin: 1850–55; < Gk kīnétikós moving, equiv. to kīné- (verbid s. of kīneǐn to move) + -tikos -tic]
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ki·net·i·cal·ly, adverb
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| ki·net·ic
(kə-nět'ĭk, kī-) Pronunciation Key
adj.
[Greek kīnētikos, from kīnētos, moving, from kīnein, to move; see kei-2 in Indo-European roots.] ki·net'i·cal·ly adv. |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
kinetic
kinetic
1864, from Gk. kinetikos "moving, putting in motion," from kinetos "moved," verbal adj. of kinein "to move."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| kinetic | |
adjective | |
| 1. | relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces associated therewith; "kinetic energy" |
| 2. | characterized by motion; "modern dance has been called kinetic pantomime" |
| 3. | supplying motive force; "the complex civilization of which Rome was the kinetic center"- H.O.Taylor [syn: energizing] |
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American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
kinetic ki·net·ic (kə-nět'ĭk, kī-)
adj.
Of, relating to, or produced by motion.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Kinetic
Ki*net"ic\, q. [Gr. ?, from ? to move.] (Physics) Moving or causing motion; motory; active, as opposed to latent. Kinetic energy. See Energy, n. 4.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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