kinetics
[ki-net-iks, kahy-]
- the branch of mechanics that deals with the actions of forces in producing or changing the motion of masses.
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Origin of kinetics
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act, gesture, passage, stream, agitation, fluctuation, move, sweep, sign, tendency, oscillation, gesticulation, travel, mobility, progress, stir, inclination, direction, wavering, driftExamples from the Web for kinetics
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The most important conception in kinetics is that of “inertia.”
He wrote to her of kinetics and atoms as if she had been a fellow-student.
Franklin KaneAnne Douglas Sedgwick
Kinetics, ki-net′iks, n. the science which treats of the action of force in producing or changing motion.
Dynamics, or kinetics, which treats of simple motion as an effect of the action of forces.
A History of the Growth of the Steam-EngineRobert H. Thurston
We follow also the traditional practice of dealing first with statics and then with kinetics.
kinetics
- another name for dynamics (def. 2)
- the branch of mechanics, including both dynamics and kinematics, concerned with the study of bodies in motion
- the branch of dynamics that excludes the study of bodies at rest
- the branch of chemistry concerned with the rates of chemical reactions
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Word Origin and History for kinetics
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kinetics
(kə-nĕt′ĭks, kī-)- The branch of mechanics concerned with the effects of forces on the motion of a body or system of bodies, especially of forces that do not originate within the system itself.dynamics
- The branch of chemistry concerned with the rates of change in the concentration of reactants in a chemical reaction.
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kinetics
[kə-nĕt′ĭks]
- See dynamics.
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