KINETIC ENERGY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does kinetic energy mean? 

• KINETIC ENERGY (noun)
  The noun KINETIC ENERGY has 1 sense:

1. the mechanical energy that a body has by virtue of its motion

  Familiarity information: KINETIC ENERGY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KINETIC ENERGY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The mechanical energy that a body has by virtue of its motion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

K.E.; kinetic energy

Hypernyms ("kinetic energy" is a kind of...):

mechanical energy (energy in a mechanical form)

 Context examples 

A unit of energy defined as the kinetic energy acquired by an electron in passing through a potential difference of one volt in a vacuum.

(Electronvolt, NCI Thesaurus)