Dictionary Definition
kinetics n : the branch of mechanics concerned
with the forces that cause motions of bodies [syn: dynamics]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
From κινητικός.Noun
Translations
physics
chemistry
Extensive Definition
Kinetics, derived from the Greek word
κίνησις (kinesis) meaning movement or the act of moving, may
refer to:
Science
- Chemical kinetics, the study of chemical reaction rates.
- In physics, kinetics is one of the branches of dynamics, concerned with what motions of bodies are produced under the action of particular forces. Not to be confused with kinematics, the study of what forces are implied by selected motions.
- In biochemistry, enzyme kinetics and receptor-ligand kinetics.
Arts
Business
- Kinetics, a technology company.
- Kinetics, a bicycle company.
kinetics in Danish: Kinetik
kinetics in German: Kinetik
kinetics in Persian: سینتیک
kinetics in French: Cinétique
kinetics in Hebrew: קינטיקה
kinetics in Dutch: Kinetiek
kinetics in Japanese: キネティクス
kinetics in Russian: Кинетика
kinetics in Swedish: Kinetik
kinetics in Spanish: Cinética
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
activity, actuation, aerial photography,
aeroballistics,
aerodynamics,
aerogeology,
aerography, aerology, aeromechanics, aeromedicine, aerometry, aeronautical
meteorology, aerophotography,
aerophysics,
aeroscopy, aerospace
research, aerostatics, aviation
technology, avionics,
barodynamics,
biodynamics,
climatology,
dynamics, fluid
dynamics, geodynamics, going, hydrodynamics, hydrostatics, kinematics, kinesiology, kinesipathy, kinesis, kinesitherapy, magnetohydrodynamics,
meteorology,
mobilization,
motion, motivation, move, movement, moving, myodynamics, photometry, pneumatics, restlessness, rocketry, running, stir, stirring, supersonics, thermodynamics, unrest, velocity, zoodynamics