n. pl. [ For older kyen, formed like oxen, fr. AS. c&ymacr_;, itself pl. of cū cow. See Cow, and cf. Kee, Kie. ] Cows. “A herd of fifty or sixty kine.” Milton.

{ n. Also . [ Gr. kinei^n to move. ] (Physics) The unit velocity in the C. G. S. system -- a velocity of one centimeter per second. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ } a. Of or pertaining to kinematics. [ 1913 Webster ]

Kinematic curves, curves produced by machinery, or a combination of motions, as distinguished from mathematical curves. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. (&unr_;), (&unr_;) motion, fr. kinei^n to move. ] (Physics) The science which treats of motions considered in themselves, or apart from their causes; the comparison and relation of motions. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Kinematics forms properly an introduction to mechanics, as involving the mathematical principles which are to be applied to its data of forces. Nichol. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) See Cowpox.

Kin"e*scope n. See Kinetoscope. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Gr. (&unr_;) motion (fr. kinei^n to move) + (&unr_;) pertaining to medicine, fr. (&unr_;) a physician. ] (Med.) A mode of treating disease by appropriate muscular movements; -- also termed kinesitherapy, kinesipathy, lingism, and the movement cure. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; motion + pa`qos suffering. ] (Med.) See Kinesiatrics. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; motion + &unr_; to heal. ] (Med.) See Kinesiatrics. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; motion + &unr_; way: cf. F. kinésodigue. ] (Physiol.) Conveying motion; as, kinesodic 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }, a. Of, pertaining to, or involving, kinaesthesia. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]