kinetic

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κινητικός (kinētikós, “puts in motion”), from κινέω (kinéō, “I move, put in motion”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɪˈnɛtɪk/, /kaɪˈnɛtɪk/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɛtɪk

Adjective

kinetic (not comparable)

1. Relating to motion.

   Synonyms: motive, motional; see also Thesaurus:movable

2. Relating to kinesis or motor function.
3. (biology) Relating to the movement of an organism in response to an external stimulus.

   Synonyms: motile, vagile

4. (philosophy) Relating to the force driving life forward.
5. (military, euphemistic) Relating to active warfare or the use of lethal force.^[W]
6. (slang) Frantic; busy.

   Synonyms: frenetic, frenzied, hectic

   • 1997, Hollywood Confidential (film):

     Sorry it took so long; it's been kind of kinetic around here.

   • 2020, Andrew Vaillencourt, Sullivan's Gift: Hegemony: Book 3:

     Their enthusiasm and group cohesion helped when things got kinetic.

Synonyms

• active
• animated
• dynamic
• vigorous

Antonyms

• static
• lazy
• logic
• sluggish

Derived terms

• adipokinetic
• aerokinetic
• akinetic
• amphikinetic
• angiokinetic
• antikinetic
• arthrokinetic
• autokinetic
• biokinetic
• blastokinetic
• bradykinetic
• cardiokinetic
• chemokinetic
• cholecystokinetic
• cholekinetic
• cryokinetic
• cytokinetic
• diakinetic
• dikinetic
• dyskinetic
• echokinetic
• electrokinetic
• enterokinetic
• ferrokinetic
• gametokinetic
• gastrokinetic
• glossokinetic
• gyrokinetic
• haptokinetic
• holokinetic
• homokinetic
• hydrokinetic
• hyperkinetic
• hypokinetic
• hysterokinetic
• immunokinetic
• interkinetic
• isokinetic
• karyokinetic
• kennetic
• kineme
• kinetically
• kinetic architecture
• kinetic art
• kinetic energy
• kineticism
• kineticist
• kinetic novel
• kineticon
• kinetic sand
• kinetic scrolling
• kinetic sculpture
• kinetic temperature
• kinetic typography
• macrokinetic
• mechanokinetic
• mesokinetic
• metakinetic
• metallokinetic
• microkinetic
• monokinetic
• morphokinetic
• musicokinetic
• myokinetic
• neurokinetic
• normokinetic
• nucleokinetic
• optokinetic
• orthokinetic
• parakinetic
• perikinetic
• phagokinetic
• pharmacokinetic
• photokinetic
• physicokinetic
• pleurokinetic
• podokinetic
• post-kinetic
• prokinetic
• proterokinetic
• psychokinetic
• pyrokinetic
• rhynchokinetic
• spatiokinetic
• stathmokinetic
• telekinetic
• telokinetic
• thermokinetic
• thigmokinetic
• topokinetic
• toxicokinetic
• virokinetic

Related terms

• cinema
• kinesis
• kinesthetic

Translations

relating to motion

• Arabic: حَرَكِيّ m (ḥarakiyy)
• Asturian: cinéticu
• Belarusian: кінеты́чны (kinjetýčny)
• Catalan: cinètic (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 運動的 / 运动的 (zh) (yùndòng de), 動的 / 动的 (zh) (dòng de)

• Czech: kinetický
• Danish: kinetisk, bevægelsesmæssig, motorisk
• Dutch: kinetisch (nl)
• Esperanto: kineta
• Estonian: kineetiline
• Finnish: kineettinen (fi)
• French: cinétique (fr)
• Galician: cinético (gl)
• German: kinetisch
• Greek: κινητικός (el) (kinitikós)
• Hungarian: mozgási (hu)
• Irish: cinéiteach
• Italian: cinetico (it)
• Japanese: 動的 (ja) (どうてき, dōteki), 運動の (ja) (うんどうの, undō no)
• Korean: 운동의 (ko) (undong'ui)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kinetisk

  Nynorsk: kinetisk

• Polish: kinetyczny (pl) m
• Portuguese: cinético
• Romanian: cinetic (ro)
• Russian: кинети́ческий (ru) (kinɛtíčeskij)
• Spanish: cinético (es)
• Swedish: kinetisk (sv)
• Tagalog: kilusin
• Ukrainian: кінети́чний (kinetýčnyj)