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The branch of mechanics concerned with the forces that cause motions of bodies
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dynamics
Word definitions for dynamics in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Dynamics (from Greek δυναμικός dynamikos "powerful", from δύναμις dynamis " power ") may refer to:
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context mechanics English) The branch of mechanics that is concerned with the effects of forces on the motion of objects. 2 (context music English) The volume of the sound, such as piano, mezzo piano, mezzo forte, and forte.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the branch of mechanics concerned with the forces that cause motions of bodies [syn: kinetics ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mechanics \Me*chan"ics\, n. [Cf. F. m['e]canique.] That science, or branch of applied mathematics, which treats of the action of forces on bodies. Note: That part of mechanics which considers the action of forces in producing rest or equilibrium is ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
as a branch of physics, 1789, from dynamic (adj.); also see -ics .
Usage examples of dynamics.
They are like the colossal strides of approaching Fate, and this awfulness is twice raised to a higher power, first by a searching, syncopated phrase in the violins which hovers loweringly over them, and next by a succession of afrighted minor scales ascending crescendo and descending piano, the change in dynamics beginning abruptly as the crest of each terrifying wave is reached.
Extensive research by the Behavioral Science Unit at the FBI academy and in-depth interviews with incarcerated felons who have committed such crimes have provided a vast body of knowledge of common elements, that link crime scene dynamics to specific criminal personality patterns.
There would be a multitude of disputes, often intentionally misinterpreted, to resolve territorial and jurisdictional differences that were already caught up in and molded by the dynamics of orbiting planets, and their satellites and connecting space-ways.