kinetics

[ki-net-iks, kahy-]

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noun (used with a singular verb) Physics.

the branch of mechanics that deals with the actions of forces in producing or changing the motion of masses.

Origin of kinetics

First recorded in 1860–65; see origin at kinetic, -ics

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Related Words for kinetics

act, gesture, passage, stream, agitation, fluctuation, move, sweep, sign, tendency, oscillation, gesticulation, travel, mobility, progress, stir, inclination, direction, wavering, drift

Examples from the Web for kinetics

Historical Examples of kinetics

The most important conception in kinetics is that of “inertia.”
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 8
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He wrote to her of kinetics and atoms as if she had been a fellow-student.
Franklin Kane
Anne Douglas Sedgwick
Kinetics, ki-net′iks, n. the science which treats of the action of force in producing or changing motion.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M)
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Dynamics, or kinetics, which treats of simple motion as an effect of the action of forces.
A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine
Robert H. Thurston
We follow also the traditional practice of dealing first with statics and then with kinetics.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 8
Various

British Dictionary definitions for kinetics

kinetics

noun (functioning as singular)

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

1864, from kinetic; see -ics.

kinetics in Medicine

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.

kinetics in Science

kinetics

[kə-nĕt′ĭks]

See dynamics.