kinetic

adjective
🔊/kɪˈnetɪk/, 🔊/kaɪˈnetɪk/
🔊/kɪˈnetɪk/, 🔊/kaɪˈnetɪk/
[usually before noun] (specialist)
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  1. of or produced by movement运动的;运动引起的
    • kinetic energy动能
    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’.