kinetic_energy has definitions from the field of physics
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[ noun ] (physics) the mechanical energy that a body has by virtue of its motion

Synonyms

k.e.

Used in print

(Raymond C. Binder et al., editors, Proceedings...)

Heat_of_condensation ( work function ) plus kinetic_energy of the electrons impinging_on the anode .

(Jay C. Harris and John R. Van Wazer, "Detergent...)

The crude picture of the detergency process thus_far developed can be represented as : * * f The influence of mechanical action on the particles of free soil may be compared to that of kinetic_energy on a molecular scale .

(J. F. Vedder, "Micrometeorites", in Francis S. J...)

If such is the case , the particles within a distance of about * * f km of the Earth will have , relative to the Earth , a kinetic_energy less than their potential_energy and they will be captured into orbits about the Earth .

The older scales were based on theoretical estimates of the conversion efficiency of kinetic_energy into light .

Related terms

mechanical_energy

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