Kinetic (Ancient Greek: κίνησις “kinesis”, movement or to move) may refer to:
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Kinetic theory, describing a gas as particles in random motion
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Kinetic energy
In physics, the kinetic energy of an object is the form of energy that it possesses due to its motion.
In classical mechanics, the kinetic energy of a non-rotating object of mass ''m'' traveling at a speed ''v'' is \fracmv^2.Resnick, Rober ...
, the energy of an object that it possesses due to its motion
Art and entertainment
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Kinetic art
Kinetic art is art from any medium that contains movement perceivable by the viewer or that depends on motion for its effects. Canvas paintings that extend the viewer's perspective of the artwork and incorporate multidimensional movement are ...
, a form of art involving mechanical and/or random movement, including optical illusions.
* ''Kinetic'', the 13th episode of the
first season of the TV series ''Smallville''
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''Kinetic'' (comics), a comic by Allan Heinberg and Kelley Pucklett
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"Kinetic" (song), a song by Radiohead
Business
* Kinetic, a brand of
Windstream Holdings
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Kinetic Engineering Limited, Indian automotive manufacturer
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Kinetic Group
Kinetic Group (stylised as K''I''NET''I''C; formerly known as AATS Group) is an Australian-based multinational bus company that wholly owns a number of bus operations in Australia and New Zealand, including the SkyBus business, which operates ...
, Australian-based public transport company
Technology
* "Kinetic", Seiko's trademark for its
automatic quartz
Automatic quartz is a collective term describing watch Movement (clockwork), movements that combine a self-winding rotor mechanism (as used in Automatic watch, automatic mechanical watches) to generate electricity with a Piezoelectricity, pie ...
technology
* The ''Kinetic camera system'' by
Birt Acres
Birt Acres (23 July 1854 – 27 December 1918) was an American and British photographer and film pioneer. Among his contributions to the early film industry are the first working 35 mm camera in Britain (Wales), and ''Birtac'', the firs ...
(1854–1918), photographer and film pioneer
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Kinetic projectile
A kinetic energy weapon (also known as kinetic weapon, kinetic energy warhead, kinetic warhead, kinetic projectile, kinetic kill vehicle) is a projectile weapon based solely on a projectile's kinetic energy to inflict damage to a target, ins ...
Military terminology
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Kinetic military action
Kinetic warfare is a term for military combat or other forms of directly-destructive warfare, to contrast "soft" force such as diplomacy, lawfare, sanctions, cyberwarfare, psychological warfare, information warfare, or other types of warfare. ...
See also
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Kinetics (disambiguation)
Kinetics (, ''movement'' or ''to move'') may refer to:
Science and medicine
* Kinetics (physics), the study of motion and its causes
** Rigid body kinetics, the study of the motion of rigid bodies
* Chemical kinetics, the study of chemica ...
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Dynamics (disambiguation)
Dynamics (from Greek δυναμικός ''dynamikos'' "powerful", from δύναμις ''dynamis'' " power") or dynamic may refer to:
Physics and engineering
* Dynamics (mechanics), the study of forces and their effect on motion
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Operation Kinetic (disambiguation) Operation Kinetic may refer to
* A Royal Navy operation during the Battle of Audierne Bay, on the French Atlantic coast in 1944
* Operation Kinetic (1999), a Canadian Army action in the Kosovo conflict in 1999
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Qinetiq
QinetiQ ( as in '' kinetic'') is a British defence technology company headquartered in Farnborough, Hampshire. It operates primarily in the defence, security and critical national infrastructure markets and run testing and evaluation capabili ...
, an international defence technology company
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Kinetica'', a 2001 futuristic racing video game for the PlayStation 2
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