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kinetic energy

[ki-net-ik en-er-jee, kahy-net-ik] / kɪˈnɛt ɪk ˈɛn ər dʒi, kaɪˈnɛt ɪk /


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That is, kinetic energy destroys the incoming warhead.

From BBC Mar. 13, 2026

He brought both a rough male texture to his direction and a kinetic energy that matched the violence of life in medieval Japan.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 17, 2025

"This model allows us to program the shape we want to create, how stable it is, and how powerful it can be when stored potential energy is allowed to snap into kinetic energy," says Hong.

From Science Daily Oct. 11, 2025

His novels move with kinetic energy, his plots are intricate puzzles shrouded in religious iconography, ancient cryptography and other obscure arcana.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2025

But it bristled with Lawrence’s self-confidence and his manner of intuitively grasping possibilities well ahead of realities—in this case, the production of sustained resonant proton beams with a million volts of kinetic energy.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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