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kinetic
adjective
Relating to motion or giving a strong impression of movement.
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A Portrait in the Wrong Window · paragraph 5Relating to motion or giving a strong impression of movement.
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Even in a still photograph, the leaning figures gave the scene a kinetic quality.
A critic later praised the kinetic energy of that motionless row of chairs surrounded by moving feet.
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