Definition of "kinematic" []

• Of or relating to motion or to kinematics. (adjective)

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• "The change, which astronomers call the kinematic Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (KSZ) effect, is so small that it has never been observed in a single galaxy cluster."
• "The X-rays scatter photons in the CMB, shifting its temperature in an effect known as the kinematic Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect."
• "The term 'kinematic' is used when motion is considered abstractly without reference to force or mass."