kinematics

English

Etymology

French cinématique, from Ancient Greek κίνημα (kínēma, “motion”) +‎ -ics.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˌkɪnəˈmætɪks/

Noun

kinematics (uncountable)

(physics) The branch of mechanics concerned with objects in motion, but not with the forces involved.

Related terms

kinematic

Translations

the branch of mechanics concerned with objects in motion

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Armenian: կինեմատիկա (hy) (kinematika)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 運動學 (zh), 运动学 (zh) (yùndòngxué)
Dutch: kinematica
Finnish: kinematiikka (fi)
French: cinématique (fr) f
German: Kinematik (de) f
Hungarian: kinematika (hu)

Khmer: ចលនាវិទ្យា (chal na vi tyea)
Norwegian: kinematikk (no) m
Portuguese: cinemática (pt) f
Romanian: cinematică (ro) f
Russian: кинема́тика (ru) f (kinemátika)
Slovak: kinematika
Tagalog: lihukan
Turkish: kinematik (tr), devinimbilim

See also

dynamics

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