In other words, it is energy in an object due to its motion or position, or both. In the 'open door' example above, I possess potential chemical energy (energy stored in me), and by lifting my hands to push the door, my action also had kinetic energy (energy in the motion of my hands).
Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Trite. Trite is a spider genus of the Salticidae family. Most of the 18 described species occur in Australia and New Zealand, with several spread over islands of Oceania, one species even reaching Rapa.
Examples of trite in a sentence. 1  The wrong sort of built environment, she argued, wrecked the social fabric of cities. 2  Experts are always unique (their tritest pronouncements are packaged as news) â¦ âWendy Kaminer, New York Times Book Review, 11 Feb. 1990.