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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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Wind farms work by using turbines to turn wind into kinetic energy.

From BBC Apr. 19, 2026

“It doesn’t just stop a blade. It spreads the kinetic energy across the fabric. The yards can work almost like a conveyor belt, preventing energy from concentrating at a single point.”

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 15, 2026

Their momentum spread out again, kinetic energy increased rapidly, and the system resumed absorbing energy without limit.

From Science Daily Jan. 8, 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

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




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