kinematics Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun the branch of mechanics concerned with motion without reference to force or mass
WordNet
Kin`e*mat"ics noun
Etymology
Gr. (),() motion, fr. to move.Definitions
(Physics) The science which treats of motions considered in themselves, or apart from their causes; the comparison and relation of motions. ✍ Kinematics forms properly an introduction to mechanics, as involving the mathematical principles which are to be applied to its data of forces. Nichol.
