Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The energy possessed by a body because of its motion, equal to one half the mass of the body times the square of its velocity.
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- noun physics The energy possessed by an object because of its
motion , equal to one half themass of the body times the square of itsvelocity .
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- noun the mechanical energy that a body has by virtue of its motion
Etymologies
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From Ancient Greek κινητικός (kinētikos, "kinetic") + ενέργεια (energeia, "energy").
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