<B>kindle</B> (1), verb, <B>-dled,</B> <B>-dling.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to set fire to; light; ignite. <BR> <I>Ex. Light the paper with a match to kindle the wood.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) to stir up; arouse. <BR> <I>Ex. His cruelty kindled our anger.</I> (SYN) inflame, excite, rouse, inspire. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) to light up; make bright. <BR> <I>Ex. Pleasure kindled the child's face.</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to catch fire; begin to burn; burst into flame. <BR> <I>Ex. This damp wood will never kindle.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) to become stirred up or aroused. <BR> <I>Ex. The warrior spirit of the cavaliers kindled at the thoughts (Washington Irving).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) to become eager or animated; light up; brighten. <BR> <I>Ex. The boy's face kindled as he told about the circus.</I> noun <B>kindler.</B> </DL>
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<B>kindle</B> (2), verb, <B>-dled,</B> <B>-dling,</B> noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t., v.i. </I> (Dialect.) (of a female animal) to give birth to (young). <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a litter of kittens. <BR> <I>Ex. It seems only yesterday that they were a mere kindle of kittens (New Yorker).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Obsolete.) the young of any animal; a young one. </DL>
<B>kindliness, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>kindly feeling or quality. <BR> <I>Ex. These I have loved: ... The cool kindliness of sheets (Rupert Brooke).</I> (SYN) benevolence. <DD><B> 2. </B>a kindly act. <BR> <I>Ex. The old lady thanked the boy for his kindliness when they got across the street.</I> (SYN) favor. </DL>
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<B>kindling, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>small pieces of wood for starting a fire. <DD><B> 2. </B>the act of setting fire, exciting, or making bright. <DD><B> 3. </B>a physiological process in which a series of small events, actions, or reactions lead up to, and perhaps stimulate a larger event, such as a seizure or permanent pattern of behavior. <BR> <I>Ex. Some scientists believe true kindling represents a kind of learning process and speculate that it may hold clues to the way permanent memories are formed in the brain (Harold M. Schmeck, Jr.).</I> </DL>
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<B>kindling temperature,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the temperature to which matter must be raised to support active combustion. </DL>
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<B>kindly, </B>adjective, <B>-lier,</B> <B>-liest,</B> adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>kind; friendly; good-natured. <BR> <I>Ex. kindly faces, kindly people, kindly criticism.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) pleasant; agreeable; genial. <BR> <I>Ex. a kindly shower.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Obsolete.) natural. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Obsolete.) that belongs to one by birth; native; hereditary. <DD><I>adv. </I> <B>1. </B>in a kind or friendly way; with good nature. <BR> <I>Ex. to make criticisms kindly. We thank you kindly for your help.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>with pleasure; agreeably; pleasantly. <BR> <I>Ex. The cat took kindly to its warm bed. He does not take kindly to criticism.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>properly. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Obsolete.) in accordance with nature; naturally; characteristically. </DL>
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<B>kindness, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the quality of being kind; kind nature. <BR> <I>Ex. We admire his kindness.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>kind treatment. <BR> <I>Ex. Thank you for your kindness.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>a kind act. <BR> <I>Ex. They showed me many kindnesses during my visit.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>kind feeling; fondness; affection. <BR> <I>Ex. I've a notion that there's a kindness between him and that nice modest girl, Mary Burge (George Eliot).</I> </DL>
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<B>kindred, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>like; similar; connected. <BR> <I>Ex. We are studying about dew, frost, and kindred facts of nature.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>related by birth or descent. <BR> <I>Ex. kindred tribes.</I> (SYN) allied, cognate. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a person's family or relatives. <BR> <I>Ex. In thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed (Acts 3:25).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>family relationship; connection by birth or marriage; kinship. <BR> <I>Ex. Does he claim kindred with you?</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) the condition of being alike; resemblance: likeness; agreement. <BR> <I>Ex. There is kindred among the words "receive," "receipt," and "reception."</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>any group of people related to each other by blood; clan. (SYN) tribe. </DL>
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<B>kine</B> (1), noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaic or Dialect.) cows or cattle. <BR> <I>Ex. A herd of beeves, fair oxen and fair kine (Milton). The immemorial sound of the lowing kine was too bucolic to be borne (Manchester Guardian Weekly).</I> </DL>
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<B>kine</B> (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Physics.) the unit of velocity in the centimeter-gram-second system. It is equivalent to a velocity of one centimeter per second. Also, <B>kin.</B> </DL>
<B>kinematic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having to do with pure motion or with kinematics. adv. <B>kinematically.</B> </DL>
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<B>kinematical, </B>adjective. =kinematic.</DL>
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<B>kinematic link,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Physics.) the structure or device formed when one of the two parts or halves of one kinematic pair is joined by a rigid piece to one of the two parts or halves of another kinematic pair. </DL>
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<B>kinematic pair,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Physics.) two parts or pieces so connected that they mutually constrain relative motion. </DL>
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<B>kinematics, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the branch of physics that deals with the characteristics of different kinds of pure motion, that is, without reference to mass or to the causes of the motion. <DD><B> 2. </B>this science applied to mechanical contrivances. </DL>
<B>kinescope, </B>noun, verb, <B>-scoped,</B> <B>-scoping.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a record on film of a television show or other entertainment that may be rebroadcast. <BR> <I>Ex. If "canned" television on kinescope is not so good as live video ... (New York Times).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a cathode-ray tube with a screen at one end on which images are reproduced, used in television; picture tube. <DD><B> 3. </B><B>Kinescope,</B> (Trademark.) a name for this kind of tube. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to record on a kinescope. </DL>
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<B>kinesics, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> gestures, body movements, and facial expressions as a form of communication, especially the study of these as they accompany speech. </DL>
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<B>kinesiological, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with kinesiology. </DL>
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<B>kinesiology, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the science which investigates and analyzes human motion. </DL>
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<B>kinesis, </B>noun, pl. <B>-neses.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an involuntary movement or reaction as the result of an external stimulus; reflex. </DL>
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<B>kinesthesia, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the sensation of movement in the muscles, joints, and tendons. Also, <B>kinaesthesia.</B> </DL>
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<B>kinesthesis, </B>noun. =kinesthesia.</DL>
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<B>kinesthetic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having to do with sensations of motion from the muscles, joints, and tendons. adv. <B>kinesthetically.</B> </DL>
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<B>kinetheodolite, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a device consisting of a camera attached to a theodolite, used for tracking missiles and aircraft. </DL>
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<B>kinetic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of or having to do with motion. <DD><B> 2. </B>caused by or resulting from motion. <DD><B> 3. </B>of or having to do with kinetic art; involving motion or the suggestion of motion produced especially by mechanical parts, colors, and lights. adv. <B>kinetically.</B> </DL>
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<B>kinetical, </B>adjective. =kinetic.</DL>
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<B>kinetic art,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a form of art involving any sort of movement or motion, whether through the use of mobile parts or motor-driven mechanisms, or through the use of light effects, optical illusions, and the like; kineticism. </DL>
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<B>kinetic artist,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a person who produces works of kinetic art. <BR> <I>Ex. Kinetic artists ... try to combine mechanics and art (Time).</I> </DL>
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<B>kinetic energy,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the energy which a body has because it is in motion. Kinetic energy is equal to one half the product of the mass of a body and the square of its velocity. </DL>
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<B>kinetic-energy weapon,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a missile that uses a laser beam to find its target and kinetic energy to produce its destructive effect. </DL>
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<B>kinetic heat,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the heat generated by atmospheric friction at very high speeds. </DL>
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<B>kineticism, </B>noun. =kinetic art.</DL>
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<B>kineticist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person who studies kinetics. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=kinetic artist.</B> </DL>
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<B>kinetic kill vehicle,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a weapon designed to destroy a nuclear warhead by force of impact. <BR> <I>Ex. This system would not employ directed-energy weapons at the outset; instead it would rely on kinetic kill vehicles (Scientific American).</I> </DL>
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<B>kinetic potential,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Physics.) the difference between the kinetic energy and potential energy of a dynamic system; Lagrangian function. </DL>
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<B>kinetics, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the branch of physics that deals with the effects of forces in causing or changing the motion of objects. <BR> <I>Ex. Statics and kinetics are two major branches of the science of mechanics that tells you what happens when a solid material is pushed, pulled, twisted or squashed--when forces are applied to it (Science News Letter).</I> </DL>
