kinematics

English

Etymology

French cinématique, from Ancient Greek κίνημα (kínēma, “motion”) +‎ -ics.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌkɪnəˈmætɪks/
• Rhymes: -ætɪks

Noun

kinematics (uncountable)

1. (physics) The branch of mechanics concerned with objects in motion, but not with the forces involved.

Derived terms

• inverse kinematics

Related terms

• kinematic

Translations

the branch of mechanics concerned with objects in motion

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: կինեմատիկա (hy) (kinematika)
• Catalan: cinemàtica (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 運動學／运动学 (zh) (yùndòngxué)

• Dutch: kinematica (nl)
• Finnish: kinematiikka (fi)
• French: cinématique (fr) f
• German: Kinematik (de) f
• Greek: κινηματική (el) f (kinimatikí)
• Hindi: शुद्धगतिकी (śuddhagtikī), शुद्धगति विज्ञान (śuddhagti vijñān), शुद्धगतिक विज्ञान (śuddhagtik vijñān)
• Hungarian: kinematika (hu)
• Indonesian: kinematika (id)
• Khmer: ចលនាវិទ្យា (chal na vi tyea)
• Malay: kinematik (ms)
• Norwegian: kinematikk (no) m
• Polish: kinematyka (pl) f
• Portuguese: cinemática (pt) f
• Romanian: cinematică (ro) f
• Russian: кинема́тика (ru) f (kinemátika)
• Slovak: kinematika
• Spanish: cinemática (es) f, cine (es) f
• Tagalog: lihukan
• Turkish: kinematik (tr), devinimbilim
• Welsh: cinemateg f

See also

• dynamics