kine

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/kaɪn/

Definition of kine

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noun

(archaic, dialectal, form-of, plural)plural of cow

“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.”

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noun

(archaic, dialectal, form-of, plural)plural of cow

“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.”
The unit velocity in the CGS system, equal to one centimeter per second.

“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;””
(abbreviation, alt-of, clipping)Clipping of kinescope (“type of recording”).
In kinesics, any of the individual movements composing a kineme.

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Inherited from Middle English kyn, kyne, equivalent to ky + -en (plural ending), a double plural.

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