Kinetic

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Kinetic (Ancient Greek: κίνησις “kinesis”, movement or to move) may refer to:

• Kinetic theory, describes a gas as a large number of small particles, all of which are in constant, random motion
• Kinetic energy, of an object is the energy which it possesses due to its motion. It comes after potential energy.

Art and entertainment

• Kinetic (band), a melodic death/thrash metal band that started in 2002 in Greece
• Kinetic art, art from any medium that contains movement perceivable by the viewer or depends on motion for its effect
• The 13th episode of the first season of the TV series Smallville
• Kinetic (comics), a comic by Allan Heinberg and Kelley Pucklett
• Kinetic (song), a song by Radiohead

Companies

• Kinetic Chemicals Inc. was a joint venture between DuPont and General Motors
• Kinetic Motor Company of India; also Kinetic Group, Kinetic Engineering
• Kinetic Suspension Technology of Western Australia
• Kinetic Communications of Birmingham, Alabama

Technology

• Seiko's trademark for its automatic quartz technology
• Kinetic camera system (1895), Birt Acres (1854–1918), photographer and film pioneer
• Kinetic projectile

Military terminology

• Kinetic activity (military terminology)

See also

• All pages beginning with "Kinetic"
• All pages with titles containing Kinetic
• Kinetics (disambiguation)
• Dynamics (disambiguation)
• Qinetiq, an international defence technology company
• Kinetica, a 2001 futuristic racing video game for the PlayStation 2