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kinetic energy
noun as in motive power
Example Sentences
For a large chunk of its running time, there is a kinetic energy to the film that is a hoot, all the more impressive because it never loses the sense of portending darkness that we know we’re in store for.
When the latch releases, potential energy stored between the spring and the latch converts to kinetic energy in an explosive, ultrafast motion.
It activates sensory neurons that alert the brain to the presence of actual heat, not the flavor of heat but real, kinetic energy heat.
As the ball rises, it slows down, as the kinetic energy inherent in its velocity is exchanged for potential energy in the form of increased altitude.
A flying mosquito’s kinetic energy, for example, is about 1 trillion electron volts.
What looks like filthy chaos at the moment is actually the kinetic energy that gives birth to modern metropolises.
There was a kinetic energy, a vibrancy that leapt off the screen that did, indeed, dazzle.
When a pendulum is vibrating, there is a continual transformation of potential into kinetic energy, and vice versa.
A cannon ball receives a large amount of kinetic energy from the exploded powder as it leaves the muzzle of a great gun.
Then the work done by external forces will be equal to the kinetic energy produced in the time considered.
The kinetic energy of these is deducted from the general energy of translation, and practically wasted.
The mass of fluid passing through the element of section ω, in θ seconds, is (G/g) ωvθ, and its kinetic energy is (G/2g) ωv3θ.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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