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Of or pertaining to kinematics. Kinematic curves, curves produced by machinery, or a combination of motions, as distinguished from mathematical curves.

The science which treats of motions considered in themselves, or apart from their causes; the comparison and relation of motions.

See Cowpox. Kin"e*scope (, n.

A mode of treating disease by appropriate muscular movements; - - also termed kinesitherapy, kinesipathy, lingism, and the movement cure.

See Kinesiatrics.

See Kinesiatrics.

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.

Moving or causing motion; motory; active, as opposed to latent. Kinetic energy. See Energy, n. 4.

See Dynamics.

instrument for producing curves by the combination of circular movements; -- called also kinescope.

A camera for making chronophotographs.

A machine combining a kinetoscope and a phonograph synchronized so as to reproduce a scene and its accompanying sounds.

A machine, for the production of animated pictures, in which a film carrying successive instantaneous views of a moving scene travels uniformly through the field of a magnifying glass. The observer sees each picture, momentarily, through a slit in a revolving disk, and these glimpses, blended by persistence of vision,…

untry, or tribe, usually by hereditary succession; a monarch; a prince. "Ay, every inch a king." Shak. Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle. Burke. There was a State without king or nobles. R. Choate. But yonder comes the powerful King of Day, Rejoicing in the east Thomson.…

A variety of small pet dogs, having, drooping ears, a high, dome-shaped forehead, pug nose, large, prominent eyes, and long, wavy hair. The color is usually black and tan.

Formerly, the highest court of common law in England; -- so called because the king used to sit there in person. It consisted of a chief justice and four puisne, or junior, justices. During the reign of a queen it was called the Queen's Bench. Its jurisdiction was transferred by the judicature acts of 1873 and 1875 to…

e. If there are struts, supporting the main rafters, they often bear upon the foot of the king-post. Called also crown-post.

A small American bird (Tyrannus, or T. Carolinensis), noted for its courage in attacking larger birds, even hawks and eagles, especially when they approach its nest in the breeding season. It is a typical tyrant flycatcher, taking various insects upon the wing. It is dark ash above, and blackish on the bead and tail. T…

A vertical iron bolt, by which the forward axle and wheels of a vehicle or the trucks of a railroad car are connected with the other parts.

The craft of kings; the art of governing as a sovereign; royal policy. Prescott.