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Definition of kinetic adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

kinetic

adjective
 
/kɪˈnetɪk/,
 
/kaɪˈnetɪk/
 
/kɪˈnetɪk/,
 
/kaɪˈnetɪk/
 [usually before noun] (specialist)
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  1. of or produced by movement
    • kinetic energy
    Topics Physics and chemistryc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryKinetic is used with these nouns:
    • sculpture
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    Word Originmid 19th cent.: from Greek kinētikos, from kinein ‘to move’.
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