Specific kinetic energy
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Specific kinetic energy is kinetic energy
Kinetic energy
The kinetic energy of an object is the energy which it possesses due to its motion.It is defined as the work needed to accelerate a body of a given mass from rest to its stated velocity. Having gained this energy during its acceleration, the body maintains this kinetic energy unless its speed changes...

of an object per unit of mass.

It is defined as .

Where is the specific kinetic energy and is velocity. It has units of J/kg, which is equivalent to m2/s2.
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