kinetic
Example Sentences
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That is, kinetic energy destroys the incoming warhead.
From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026
"The team's amazingly precise measurement again validates kinetic impact as a technique for defending Earth against asteroid hazards and shows how a binary asteroid might be deflected by impacting just one member of the pair."
From Barron's • Mar. 6, 2026
"These results are really exciting, but we're still working to make them even faster while figuring out the kinetic limit of pyroelectric photodetectors."
From Science Daily • Mar. 4, 2026
The attack on Oseguera’s hideout dramatized Sheinbaum’s willingness to accept a more kinetic approach, despite the risks.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026
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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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.