Hypertext Webster Gateway: "kinetic"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
kinetic
adj 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},
{energising}]
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