Definition of kinetic energy
: energy associated with motion
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The current in this loop (which would circulate indefinitely, because a superconductor has no resistance) would create a magnetic field that gradually transferred the craft’s kinetic energy to hydrogen atoms in the interstellar medium.
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While many wildfires do burn trees and shrubs, the loss of this overlying vegetation canopy only slightly increases the amount of rainfall that reaches the soil surface and the kinetic energy delivered by the raindrops to the ground surface.
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When feet tread on Pavegen's tiles, the compression of each step generates kinetic energy that gets turned into electricity.
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For all the kinetic energy of the staging, the story seems stalled — like Dee with her revenge, on the verge of action but not taking it just yet.
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There also are braking and save modes to bank more power from downhills or to use that banked kinetic energy for uphills.
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The experiment was known as elastic scattering, because the kinetic energy of the electrons was conserved in the interactions.
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All Teslas feature regenerative braking, a system that captures some of the kinetic energy of a moving car and uses it to recharge the battery.
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An object’s kinetic energy is proportional to its speed squared, which means doubling a car’s speed quadruples its energy.
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First Known Use of kinetic energy
1870
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