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kinetic energy

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energy of a moving physical body

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Kinetic energy is the energy that a moving object possesses because of its motion. It matters because this energy can be transferred or converted into other forms, making it important for understanding how things move and interact in the physical world.

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Within Vinony's link graph, kinetic energy is referenced by 1,530 other articles, and connects out to International System of Units, Newton's laws of motion and center-of-momentum frame.

It sits within the topics Dynamics (mechanics), Forms of energy and Kinetic energy.

Its subject is documented across 100 Wikipedia language editions.

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Instance of: form of energy
Subclass of: physical quantity
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has effect: potential energy
topic's main category: Category:Kinetic energy
Commons category: Kinetic energy
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
exact match: purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_2000017
maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Mathematics

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Émilie du Châtelet (1706–1749) was the first to publish the relation for kinetic energy

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Dynamics (mechanics)Forms of energy Kinetic energy