kinetic energy

1. 1.

   the mechanical energy that a body has by virtue of its motion

   SynonymsK.E.

   Broadermechanical energy

Questions about kinetic energy

What does kinetic energy mean?

kinetic energy means "the mechanical energy that a body has by virtue of its motion".

What is another word for kinetic energy?

Close synonyms include K.E.. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is kinetic energy a common word?

kinetic energy is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.