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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

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

That itself is an energy, a kinetic energy that you can feel when you’re in those concerts.”

From Salon • Jun. 29, 2025

And I didn’t know that the enthalpy decrease in a converging passage could be transformed into jet kinetic energy if a divergent passage was added.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam