kines
/kaɪnz/
kines is the plural of kine.
Meaning of kine
Noun (1)
kine (plural kines)
- A proposed unit of 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 […]1890, E/MJ, Engineering and Mining Journal, volume 50, page 169
Noun (2)
kine (plural kines)
Proper noun capitalized: Kines
Kines (plural Kineses)
- A surname from German.
Forms of kines
| plural | Kineses |
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Origin of kines
Perhaps an Americanized spelling of German Kainz, or a variant of Keynes.
Words that rhyme with kines
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- argentines
- bines
- bread lines
- breadlines
- brines
- carbines
- clementines
- co-signs
- coal mines
- coalmines
- colour outside the lines
- cosigns
- cosines
- defines
- designs
- dines
- fine lines
- fuel lines
- gas lines
- maligns
- mines
- misdefines
- ninety-nines
- number nines
- overdefines
- overlines
- overmines
- pines
- redefines
- refines
- relines
- serpentines
- shines
- shrines
- signs
- sixty-nines
- spines
- sublines
- telephone lines
- turpentines
- undefines
- underdefines
- underlines
- undermines
- vines
- water lines
- waterlines
- whines
Questions about kines
- What does kines mean?
- Kines means a surname from German.
- What is kines the plural of?
- Kines is the plural of kine.
- What part of speech is kines?
- Kines is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce kines?
- Kines is pronounced /kaɪnz/.
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