Meaning of DYNAMICS
| Pronunciation: | | dI'namiks
|
 WordNet Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | | [n] the branch of mechanics concerned with the forces that cause motions of bodies |
| |
| | Websites: | | |
| |
| | Synonyms: | | kinetics |
| |
| | See Also: | | ballistics, mechanics | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | | \Dy*nam"ics\, n.
1. That branch of mechanics which treats of the motion of
bodies (kinematics) and the action of forces in producing
or changing their motion (kinetics). Dynamics is held by
some recent writers to include statics and not kinematics.
2. The moving moral, as well as physical, forces of any kind,
or the laws which relate to them.
3. (Mus.) That department of musical science which relates
to, or treats of, the power of tones.
|
| |
| Thesaurus Terms |
| |
| | Related Terms: | | activity, actuation, aerodynamics, barodynamics, biodynamics, fluid dynamics, geodynamics, going, hydrodynamics, kinematics, kinesiology, kinesipathy, kinesis, kinesitherapy, kinetics, magnetohydrodynamics, mobilization, motion, motivation, move, movement, moving, myodynamics, restlessness, running, statics, stir, stirring, thermodynamics, unrest, velocity, zoodynamics |
| |
|
|
|