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Kinematics
Kinˊe-mat′ics
,Noun.
[Gr. ([GREEK]),([GREEK]) motion, fr.
κινεῖν
to move.] (Physics)
The science which treats of motions considered in themselves, or apart from their causes; the comparison and relation of motions.
☞ Kinematics forms properly an introduction to mechanics, as involving the mathematical principles which are to be applied to its data of forces.
Nichol.
Noun.
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Kinetoscope
. Definition 2024
kinematics
kinematics
English
Noun
kinematics (uncountable)
- (physics) The branch of mechanics concerned with objects in motion, but not with the forces involved.
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Translations
the branch of mechanics concerned with objects in motion
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