Kinematics

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Kinematics \Kin`e*mat"ics\, n. [Gr. (?),(?) motion, fr. kinei^n
     to move.] (Physics)
     The science which treats of motions considered in themselves,
     or apart from their causes; the comparison and relation of
     motions.
     [1913 Webster]


  
     Note: Kinematics forms properly an introduction to mechanics,
           as involving the mathematical principles which are to
           be applied to its data of forces. --Nichol.
           [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  kinematics
       n : the branch of mechanics concerned with motion without
           reference to force or mass