kinetic energy
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The Amaterasu particle was reported at about 240 exa-electron volts, giving one tiny cosmic-ray particle roughly the kinetic energy of a fast-moving tennis ball.
From Science Daily • Jun. 9, 2026
He brought both a rough male texture to his direction and a kinetic energy that matched the violence of life in medieval Japan.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025
The faster athletes move, the greater kinetic energy they produce.
From BBC • Sep. 11, 2025
His novels move with kinetic energy, his plots are intricate puzzles shrouded in religious iconography, ancient cryptography and other obscure arcana.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2025
But it bristled with Lawrence’s self-confidence and his manner of intuitively grasping possibilities well ahead of realities—in this case, the production of sustained resonant proton beams with a million volts of kinetic energy.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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