Definition of kinetic energy
: energy associated with motion
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Loaded: 0% Progress: 0% 0:00 / 3:51 Harnessing the power of water to turn it into electricity Advertisement Learn how hydropower captures the kinetic energy of flowing water and turns it into electricity for our homes and businesses.
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Some kids, my son included, brim with kinetic energy.
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Take your foot off the gas and regen braking will capture the kinetic energy to recharge the battery and slow the car down to a near stop.
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That’s electricity being thrown off as heat and kinetic energy.
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The idea is to have the total work done on the human decrease the kinetic energy to zero (so that the human stops).
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When the bottle hits the wall, the bottle shatters spreading the kinetic energy out across a wide area.
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The ride quality is comfortable and the handling is confident, with four-wheel regenerative disc brakes that channel kinetic energy back to the battery.
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Usually Teddy was a little ball of kinetic energy, bouncing on his toes, keeping time with his fingers to music no one else could hear.
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First Known Use of kinetic energy
1870
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