The definition of palpable is something that can be touched, felt or is obvious. An example of palpable is tension so thick in a room you can feel it.
Kinetic energy is the kind of energy an object has because it's in motion. Speeding cars and hyper children have a lot of kinetic energy. According to physics, kinetic energy is one of many types of energy that exist. This is energy generated because something is moving â the faster it's going, the more kinetic energy it has.
Thermal energy is the internal energy of an object due to the kinetic energy of its atoms and/or molecules. The atoms and/or molecules of a hotter object have greater kinetic energy than those of a colder one, in the form of vibrational, rotational, or, in the case of a gas, translational motion. Thermal energy does not refer to the motion of an object as a whole (that is, kinetic energy).