Meaning

2 senses
  1. In kinesics, any of the individual movements composing a kineme.

  2. (obsolete)A proposed unit of velocity in the CGS system, equal to one centimeter per second.

More definitions
  • domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age

Examples

1 sentences
  1. The kine was very chaotic and they all died.

Origin

From Ancient Greek κίνησις (kínēsis, “movement, motion”), or directly from κινέω (kinéō, “

From Ancient Greek κίνησις (kínēsis, “movement, motion”), or directly from κινέω (kinéō, “I move, put in motion”).

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Forms

plural: kines
Singularkine
Pluralkines

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age:cattlecowsoxenBos taurus

Word family

2 related words

See also

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