KINEMATICS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does kinematics mean? 

• KINEMATICS (noun)
  The noun KINEMATICS has 1 sense:

1. the branch of mechanics concerned with motion without reference to force or mass

  Familiarity information: KINEMATICS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KINEMATICS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The branch of mechanics concerned with motion without reference to force or mass

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("kinematics" is a kind of...):

mechanics (the branch of physics concerned with the motion of bodies in a frame of reference)

 Context examples 

Memory of this event persists in the kinematics and chemistry of its stars.

(The Gaia Sausage: the major collision that changed the Milky Way, University of Cambridge)

The team had published the results of their work in the Nature Astronomy, saying that their map will be “crucial” in further studies of the kinematics and archaeology of our galaxy.

(Scientists Say Milky Way Is Warped & Twisted Not Flat, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

In collaboration with the researchers from Liverpool John Moore University, the UGR researchers used statistical techniques to analyse the full kinematics curves, based on tracing point trajectories.

(Researchers identify the maximum weight that children should carry in their school backpacks, University of Granada)

However, pulling the backpack trolley produces fewer changes in the child’s kinematics and, therefore, resembles more closely their movement when walking free of any load, compared to carrying the backpack, even when it weighs very little.

(Researchers identify the maximum weight that children should carry in their school backpacks, University of Granada)

The main findings of the study indicate that the greatest alterations when using trolleys or backpacks are produced in the proximal extremities (hip and trunk), while there is little difference in the kinematics of the distal extremities (knee and ankle).

(Researchers identify the maximum weight that children should carry in their school backpacks, University of Granada)