Talk:dynamics
Add topicPlural or uncountable?
[edit]Surely this is (at least sometimes) uncountable as an English noun?
- In our first mechanical engineering class we were introduced to the topic of spring dynamics.
- We were shown three different springs, and each spring's dynamics was discussed in turn.
- We were shown three different springs, and each spring's dynamics were discussed in turn.
- *So we studied a total of three dynamics.
The first two work perfectly for me; I'm ambivalent on the third sentence; the last one doesn't work for me at all.
—DIV (49.186.234.174 10:45, 25 October 2022 (UTC))
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Rfd-sense: "Forces that stimulate growth, change, or development. The changing dynamics in international politics led to such an outcome."
I don't think this sense is plural-only—you can say for example "the dynamic of China–US relations"—dynamic#Noun just maybe needs a better gloss. —Al-Muqanna المقنع (talk) 23:48, 3 September 2023 (UTC)
- Maybe—but definitely not unless any revision made to the plural-form entry is carefully coordinated with revisions to the singular-form entry, where several senses are arguably plural-only and have sample sentences where the entryword is used in the plural. — HelpMyUnbelief (talk) 18:39, 10 March 2024 (UTC)
I see no consensus for deletion of anything here. Thoughts? bd2412 T 05:25, 4 March 2025 (UTC)