Kinetic (Ancient Greek: κίνησις “kinesis”, movement or to move) may refer to:

  • Kinetic theory, describing a gas as particles in random motion
  • Kinetic energy, the energy of an object that it possesses due to its motion

Art and entertainment

  • Kinetic art, a form of art involving mechanical and/or random movement, including optical illusions.
  • Kinetic, the 13th episode of the first season of the TV series Smallville
  • Kinetic (comics), a comic by Allan Heinberg and Kelley Pucklett
  • "Kinetic" (song), a song by Radiohead

Business

  • Kinetic, a brand of Windstream Holdings
  • Kinetic Engineering Limited, Indian automotive manufacturer
  • Kinetic Group, Australian-based public transport company
  • Kinetic Cairns
  • Kinetic Gold Coast
  • Kinetic Melbourne
  • Kinetic Rockhampton
  • Kinetic Sunshine Coast
  • Kinetic Townsville

Technology

  • "Kinetic", Seiko's trademark for its automatic quartz technology
  • The Kinetic camera system by Birt Acres (1854–1918), photographer and film pioneer
  • Kinetic projectile

Military terminology

  • Kinetic military action

See also

  • Kinetics (disambiguation)
  • Dynamics (disambiguation)
  • Operation Kinetic (disambiguation)
  • Qinetiq, an international defence technology company
  • Kinetica, a 2001 futuristic racing video game for the PlayStation 2