Dictionary entry

Kinetic

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Ki‐net″ic (kĭ‐nĕt″ĭk or kī̍–), a. [Gr. κινητικόσ, from κινει̑ν to move.] (Physics) Moving or causing motion; motory; active, as opposed to latent.

Kinetic energy. See Energy, n. 4.