dynamics

English

Etymology

From dynamic +‎ -ics.

Pronunciation

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Noun

dynamics (uncountable)

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

Derived terms

• aerodynamics
• biodynamics
• chemodynamics
• chromodynamics
• cliodynamics
• ecodynamics
• electrodynamics
• ferrofluid dynamics
• fluid dynamics
• fluidodynamics
• gas dynamics
• geoecodynamics
• glucodynamics
• group dynamics
• hydrodynamics
• magnetofluidodynamics
• magnetohydrodynamics
• modified Newtonian dynamics
• molecular dynamics
• power dynamics
• psychodynamics
• rigid body dynamics
• social dynamics
• thermodynamics
• thermofluid dynamics

 

Translations

branch of mechanics

• Arabic: دِينَامِيكَا (ar) f (dināmikā), حَرَكِيَّة (ḥarakiyya), حَرَاكِيَّة (ḥarākiyya), دِينَامِيَّة (dīnāmiyya)
• Armenian: դինամիկա (hy) (dinamika)
• Bulgarian: дина́мика (bg) f (dinámika)
• Catalan: dinàmica (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 動力學／动力学 (zh) (dònglìxué)

• Czech: dynamika (cs) f
• Dutch: dynamica (nl) f, stromingsleer (nl) f
• Esperanto: dinamiko
• Finnish: dynamiikka (fi)
• French: dynamique (fr) f
• German: Dynamik (de) f
• Greek: δυναμική (el) f (dynamikí)
• Hungarian: dinamika (hu)
• Italian: dinamica (it) f
• Japanese: 動力学 (ja) (どうりきがく, dōrikigaku), ダイナミクス (dainamikusu)
• Khmer: ថាមវិទ្យា (tham vi tyea)
• Korean: 동역학 (ko) (dong'yeokhak)
• Latvian: dinamika f
• Occitan: dinamica (oc) f
• Persian: دینامیک (fa) (dinâmik), پویایی (puyâyi), پویاشناسی (puyâšenâsi)
• Polish: dynamika (pl) f
• Portuguese: dinâmica (pt) f
• Russian: дина́мика (ru) f (dinámika)
• Slovak: dynamika f
• Spanish: dinámica (es) f
• Swedish: dynamik (sv) c
• Tagalog: isigan, palaisigan (general sense)
• Turkish: dinamik (tr)
• Ukrainian: дина́міка f (dynámika)

Noun

dynamics pl (plural only)

1. (music) The volume of sound, denoted by such terms as piano, mezzo piano, mezzo forte, or forte.
2. (Should we delete⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) Forces that stimulate growth, change, or development.

   The changing dynamics in international politics led to such an outcome.

Related terms

• dynamic
• dyne

Translations

in music

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 力度 (zh) (lì dù)

• Finnish: dynamiikka (fi), äänenvoimakkuus (fi)

See also

• statics

Further reading

• dynamics (mechanics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• dynamics (music) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia