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kinetic - 7 dictionary results

ki⋅net⋅ic

[ki-net-ik, kahy-]
–adjective
1. pertaining to motion.
2. caused by motion.
3. characterized by movement: Running and dancing are kinetic activities.

Origin:
1850–55; < Gk kīnētikós moving, equiv. to kīnē- (verbid s. of kīneîn to move) + -tikos -tic


ki⋅net⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb

-kinetic

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

Origin:
< Gk kīnēt(ós) (see kineto- ) + -ic
ki·net·ic   (kə-nět'ĭk, kī-)   
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.

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.
Language Translation for : kinetic
Spanish: cinético,
German: kinetisch,
Japanese: 運動の

kinetic 
1864, from Gk. kinetikos "moving, putting in motion," from kinetos "moved," verbal adj. of kinein "to move."

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

kinetic ki·net·ic (kə-nět'ĭk, kī-)
adj.
Of, relating to, or produced by motion.

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