kinetic energy
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κινητικός (kinētikós, “kinetic”) + ενέργεια (enérgeia, “energy”).
Noun
kinetic energy (countable and uncountable, plural kinetic energies)
- (physics) The energy possessed by an object because of its motion, equal (nonrelativistically) to one half the mass of the body times the square of its velocity.
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Translations
energy from motion
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