kinetic

relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces associated therewith

Moving or causing motion; motory; active, as opposed to latent.

Greek kinesis movement

“What acrostic upon the abbreviation of his first name had he (kinetic poet) sent to Miss Marion (Molly) Tweedy on the 14 February 1888?”

— James Joyce, Ulysses

“In quantum mechanics, as a particle is localized to a smaller region in space, the associated compressed wave packet requires a larger and larger range of momenta, and thus larger kinetic energy.”