kinetic potential

noun

, Physics.

1. the kinetic energy minus the potential energy in a system obeying the principle of conservation of energy. : L

Word History and Origins

Origin of kinetic potential¹

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

Antarctica, it would seem, contains that kinetic potential which can connect us to the imagined desires and landscapes of our souls.

From Salon

Antarctica, it would seem, contains that kinetic potential which can connect us to the imagined desires and landscapes of our souls.

From Salon

Energy can take many forms—kinetic, potential, electrical, thermal, gravitational, nuclear—and it can change from one form into another.

From Scientific American

“JR: Chronicles” opens with a wall-size print of the French-Malian filmmaker Ladj Ly pointing a camera like a shotgun, a sly subversion of media portrayals of black men, but also the kinetic potential of images and the idea that social injustices could be remedied simply by making them widely visible, something that suggests JR’s working thesis.

From New York Times

Naharin largely attributes his innovative abilities to Gaga, the movement language he invented that allows dancers to make individualized discoveries about the kinetic potential of their bodies.

From Los Angeles Times