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ki·net·ic    Audio Help   [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]

ki·net·i·cal·ly, adverb
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ki·net·ic    Audio Help   (kə-nět'ĭk, kī-)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Of, relating to, or produced by motion.
  2. Relating to or exhibiting kinesis.


[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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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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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version) - Cite This Source - Share This
kinetic [kiˈnetik] adjective
of motion
Arabic: حَرَكي
Chinese (Simplified): 活跃的,(运)动的
Chinese (Traditional): 活躍的,(運)動的
Czech: kinetický
Danish: kinetisk
Dutch: kinetisch
Estonian: kineetiline
Finnish: kineettinen
French: cinétique
German: kinetisch
Greek: κινητικός
Hungarian: mozgás(tan)i
Icelandic: hreyfi-
Indonesian: kinetika
Italian: cinetico
Japanese: 運動の
Korean: 움직이는
Latvian: kinētisks
Lithuanian: kinetinis
Norwegian: kinetisk, bevegelses-
Polish: kinetyczny
Portuguese (Brazil): cinético
Portuguese (Portugal): quinético
Romanian: cinetic
Russian: кинетический
Slovak: kinetický
Slovenian: kinetičen
Spanish: cinético
Swedish: kinetisk, rörlig
Turkish: kinetik, devimsel
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ki·net·ic (k-ntk, k-)
adj.

Of, relating to, or produced by motion.

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Main Entry: ki·net·ic
Pronunciation: k&-'net-ik, kI-
Function: adjective
: of or relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces and energy associated therewith —ki·net·i·cal·ly adverb

Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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.
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Kinetic

Ki*ne"to*phone\, n. [See Kinetic, Phone.] A machine combining a kinetoscope and a phonograph synchronized so as to reproduce a scene and its accompanying sounds.
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