Part 6262

<h1>Kinematics</h1> <Xpage=813>

<hw>Kin`e*mat"ics</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. (<?/),(<?/) motion, fr. <?/ to move.]</ety> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>The science which treats of motions considered in themselves, or apart from their causes; the comparison and relation of motions.</def>

<note>&hand; Kinematics forms properly an introduction to mechanics, as involving the mathematical principles which are to be applied to its data of forces.</note>

<i>Nichol.</i>

<h1>Kinepox</h1> <Xpage=813>

<hw>Kine"pox`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>See <er>Cowpox</er>.</def>

Kin"e*scope <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Kinetoscope</er></def>.

<h1>Kinesiatrics</h1> <Xpage=813>

<hw>Kin`e*si*at"rics</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. (<?/) motion (fr. <?/ to move) + (<?/) pertaining to medicine, fr. (<?/) a physician.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A mode of treating disease by appropriate muscular movements; -- also termed <altname>kinesitherapy</altname>, <altname>kinesipathy</altname>, <altname>lingism</altname>, and the <altname>movement cure</altname>.</def>

<h1>Kinesipathy</h1> <Xpage=813>

<hw>Kin`e*sip"a*thy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ motion + <?/ suffering.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>See <er>Kinesiatrics</er>.</def>

<h1>Kinesitherapy</h1> <Xpage=813>

<hw>Kin`e*si*ther"a*py</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ motion + <?/ to heal.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>See <er>Kinesiatrics</er>.</def>

<h1>Kinesipathy</h1> <Xpage=813>

<hw>Kin`e*sip"a*thy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ motion + <?/ to heal.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>See <er>Kinesiatrics</er>.</def>

<h1>Kinesodic</h1> <Xpage=813>

<hw>Kin`e*sod"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ motion + <?/ way: cf. F. <ets>kin\'82sodigue</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Conveying motion; as; <i>kinesodic</i> substance; -- applied esp. to the spinal cord, because it is capable of conveying doth voluntary and reflex motor impulses, without itself being affected by motor impulses applied to it directly.</def>

<h1>Kinetic</h1> <Xpage=813>

<hw>Ki*net"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>q.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, from <?/ to move.]</ety> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>Moving or causing motion; motory; active, as opposed to latent.</def>

<cs><col>Kinetic energy</col>. <cd>See <er>Energy</er>, <tt>n.</tt> 4.</cd></cs>

<h1>Kinetics</h1> <Xpage=813>

<hw>Ki*net"ics</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>See <er>Dynamics</er>.</def>

<h1>Kinetogenesis</h1> <Xpage=813>

<hw>Ki*ne`to*gen"e*sis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ movable + <ets>-scope</ets>.]</ety> <def>An instrument for producing curves by the combination of circular movements; -- called also <altname>kinescope</altname>.</def>

<h1>King</h1> <Xpage=813>

<hw>King</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A Chinese musical instrument, consisting of resonant stones or metal plates, arranged according to their tones in a frame of wood, and struck with a hammer.</def>

<h1>King</h1> <Xpage=813>

<hw>King</hw>, <tt>n.</tt><ety>[AS. <ets>cyng</ets>, <ets>cyning</ets>; akin to OS. <ets>kining</ets>, D. <ets>koning</ets>, OHG. <ets>kining</ets>, G. <ets>k\'94nig</ets>, Icel. <ets>konungr</ets>, Sw. <ets>koning</ets>, OHG. <ets>kuning</ets>, Dan. <ets>konge</ets>; formed with a patronymic ending, and fr. the root of E. <ets>kin</ets>; cf. Icel. <ets>konr</ets> a man of noble birth. <?/. See <er>Kin</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A chief ruler; a sovereign; one invested with supreme authority over a nation, country, or tribe, usually by hereditary succession; a monarch; a prince. "Ay, every inch a <i>king</i>."</def>