KINEMATICS

kinematics

(noun) the branch of mechanics concerned with motion without reference to force or mass

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

kinematics (uncountable)

(physics) The branch of mechanics concerned with objects in motion, but not with the forces involved.

Source: Wiktionary


Kin`e*mat"ics, n. Etym: [Gr. ( (Physics)

Definition: The science which treats of motions considered in themselves, or apart from their causes; the comparison and relation of motions.

Note: Kinematics forms properly an introduction to mechanics, as involving the mathematical principles which are to be applied to its data of forces. Nichol.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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