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kinetic

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
kinetic /kɪˈnɛtɪk, kʌɪ-/

▶adjective

1 relating to or resulting from motion.

2 (of a work of art) depending on movement for its effect.

– derivatives
kinetically adverb.

– origin C19: from Gk kinētikos, from kinein ‘to move’.

'kinetic' also found in these Oxford entries:

elastic - equipartition - inelastic - KE - kinetic energy - kinetic theory - potential energy

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