Kinetic
/kɪˈnɛtɪk/ adj, slang
adj, slang ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Relating to motion. not-comparable
- 2 Relating to kinesis or motor function. not-comparable
- 3 Relating to the movement of an organism in response to an external stimulus. not-comparable
- 4 Relating to the force driving life forward. not-comparable
- 5 Relating to active warfare or the use of lethal force.^([W]) euphemistic, not-comparable
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- 6 Frantic; busy. not-comparable, slang
"Sorry it took so long; it's been kind of kinetic around here."
Adjective
- 1 supplying motive force wordnet
- 2 characterized by motion wordnet
- 3 relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces associated therewith wordnet
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More examples"Temperature is mean kinetic energy, not energy over volume; compression heats a gas by doing work on it; and a gas that expands without doing work does not cool."
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κινητικός (kinētikós, “puts in motion”), from κινέω (kinéō, “I move, put in motion”).