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Grid power or solar panels run a constantly spinning rotor inside a unit about the size of a dishwasher, converting the power into kinetic energy that can be reconverted back into electricity in the case of a power outage.
—Chris Stokel-Walker, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
Some companies have been working on tethers, essentially long metal strips that would fly behind satellites and convert their kinetic energy into electrical energy, slowing the satellite and sending it downward.
—Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 28 Oct. 2024
Most any Earth-threatening asteroid is going to be coming in really fast, carrying a lot of kinetic energy.
—Lee Billings, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2024
In theory, the kinetic energy could push the object away from its collision course with Earth.
—David Bressan, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
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First Known Use
1870, in the meaning defined above
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“Kinetic energy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kinetic%20energy. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
Kids Definition
kinetic energy
noun
: energy associated with motion
Medical Definition
kinetic energy
noun
: energy associated with motion
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