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# kinetic

«kinetic» in Mova's school dictionary: **about movement or caused by movement** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (kinetic)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Kinetic means about movement or caused by movement. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kinetic/#m1)

2) Kinetic energy is the energy an object has because it is moving; the faster or heavier it moves, the more kinetic energy it has. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kinetic/#m2)

3) Kinetic art is art with parts that move. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kinetic/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

A key physics word: in science lessons on energy, kinetic energy is compared with potential (stored) energy — a ball held high has potential energy, which turns into kinetic energy as it falls. Wind turbines turn the kinetic energy of wind into electricity. Phrases: kinetic energy, kinetic sand, kinetic sculpture.

### examples

- A rolling ball has kinetic energy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kinetic/#x1)
- As the roller coaster goes down, its kinetic energy increases. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kinetic/#x2)
- Wind turbines use the kinetic energy of moving air. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kinetic/#x3)
- When the car stops, its kinetic energy turns into heat in the brakes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kinetic/#x4)
- We played with kinetic sand that flows like liquid. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kinetic/#x5)
- The museum has a kinetic sculpture that moves in the wind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kinetic/#x6)
- A faster runner has more kinetic energy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kinetic/#x7)

### note

Say: ki-NET-ic. In science: a still object has zero kinetic energy. Kinetic energy = ½ × mass × speed × speed, so doubling the speed makes four times the kinetic energy. Opposite idea: potential energy (stored energy).

### In the corpora

- ["Kinetic action" is US military jargon for a real attack with weapons that kills or destroys.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/26-war-and-the-military/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «kinetic» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kinetic/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.