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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces associated therewith;
- Example: "kinetic energy"

2. characterized by motion;
- Example: "modern dance has been called kinetic pantomime"

3. supplying motive force;
- Example: "the complex civilization of which Rome was the kinetic center"- H.O.Taylor
[syn: energizing, energising, kinetic]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

kinetic \ki*net"ic\ (k[i^]*n[e^]t"[i^]k or k[-i]*n[e^]t"[i^]k),
   a. [Gr. kinhtiko`s, from kinei^n to move.] (Physics)
   Moving or causing motion; motory; active, as opposed to
   latent.
   [1913 Webster]

   Kinetic energy. See Energy, n. 4.
      [1913 Webster] kinesthesis
      kinesthesia


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

kinetic
    adj 1: relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces
           associated therewith; "kinetic energy"
    2: characterized by motion; "modern dance has been called
       kinetic pantomime"
    3: supplying motive force; "the complex civilization of which
       Rome was the kinetic center"- H.O.Taylor [syn: energizing,
       energising, kinetic]