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Definition of Dynamics

1. Noun. The branch of mechanics concerned with the forces that cause motions of bodies.

Definition of Dynamics

1. n. 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.

Definition of Dynamics

1. Noun. (mechanics) The branch of mechanics that is concerned with the effects of forces on the motion of objects. ¹

2. Noun. (music) The volume of the sound, such as piano, mezzo piano, mezzo forte, and forte. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dynamics

1. dynamic [n] - See also: dynamic

Medical Definition of Dynamics

1. 1. That branch of mechanics which treats of the motion of bodies . 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. That department of musical science which relates to, or treats of, the power of tones. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Dynamics

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Robot Manipulators: Mathematics, Programming, and Control : the Computer by Richard P. Paul (1981)
"In this chapter we will study the dynamics of manipulators for the purpose of control. Manipulators represent a complicated dynamic system and if we are to ..."

2. Subject Index of the Modern Works Added to the Library of the British Museum ...by George Knottesford Fortescue by George Knottesford Fortescue (1902)
"HICKS (WM1 Elementary dynamics of br- tides and Solids, pp. 421. Lond. ... Introductory treatise on the principles of dynamics, pp. 379. Camb. 1897. 8°. ..."

3. The Positive Philosophy of Auguste Comte by Auguste Comte, Frederic Harrison (1896)
"Statics are the dynamics. easiest to treat, because we abstract from them ... The whole of Statics corresponds to the very small portion of dynamics which ..."

4. Theory of Differential Equations by Andrew Russell Forsyth (1906)
"CHAPTER X. THE EQUATIONS OF THEORETICAL dynamics. THE present chapter is devoted, more to matters cognate with the theory of the integration of partial ..."

5. The Principles of Mathematics by Bertrand Russell (1903)
"Kirchoff* and Mach, and, in our own country, Karl Pearson, have upheld the view that dynamics is purely descriptive, while those who adhere to the more ..."

6. Report of the Annual Meeting (1858)
"Report on the Recent Progress of Theoretical dynamics. By A. CAYLEY. THE object of the ' Mécanique Analytique' of Lagrange is described by the author in the ..."

7. Elementary Treatise on Natural Philosophy by Augustin Privat-Deschanel (1878)
"ELECTRO-dynamics. 551. Meaning of Electro-dynamics.—A wire through which a current is passing, is found to be capable of producing movements in other wires ..."

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