kinetics
[ki-net-iks, kahy-]
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
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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
Historical Examples of kinetics
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
noun (functioning as singular)
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[kə-nĕt′ĭks, kī-]
n.
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[kə-nĕt′ĭks]
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