Meaning of kine | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The unit velocity in the CGS system, equal to one centimeter per second.
2. Clipping of kinescope (“type of recording”).
   abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
3. In kinesics, any of the individual movements composing a kineme.

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Examples

“Pippin could see⟳ all the Pelennor laid out before him, dotted into the distance with farmsteads and little walls, barns and byres, but nowhere could he see⟳ any kine or other beasts.”

“It may be well to note⟳ that a mile per hour is equal to 44.7 kines, and that accordingly a sharp walking pace may attain 200 kines […]”

“The Committee on Mechanical Nomenclature suggest⟳ the usage of the term Kine, Bole, and Barad thus:– 1 cm. per sec. = 1 kine.”

“In what respect⟳ is the expression “a velocity of one kine,” better than “a velocity of one centimetre per second;””

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