kinetic
relating to or resulting from motion; lively and dynamic
Word origin: From Greek kinetikos, moving, from kinein, to move.
Kinetic in a sentence
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The kinetic energy of the rushing water powered the entire mill.
The sculpture was kinetic, its panels shifting with the breeze to cast ever-changing shadows.
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Verbal · Text Completion
The novelist's late style is admired precisely for its blank: every superfluous phrase has been pared away, leaving prose of startling economy.
Using “kinetic” well
Kinetic relates to motion and, by extension, to lively energy and dynamism, which sets it against static and inert.
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