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Definition of "kinetic" []

  • Of, relating to, or produced by motion. (adjective)
  • Relating to or exhibiting kinesis. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "kinetic" in a sentence
  • "The military, as we know from classified military documents put on the Internet by WikiLeaks last month, prefers the term kinetic strike."
  • "Those Iraqi police have then been able to, as the troops have gone on what they describe as kinetic missions to root out al Qaeda."
  • "All Replies from BeardogRed wrote 6 weeks 2 days ago small difference in kinetic energy."