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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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