kinetics

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κινητικός (kinētikós, “kinetic”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɪˈnɛt.ɪks/
Audio (US): (file)

Noun

kinetics (uncountable)

(mechanics) The branch of mechanics concerned with motion of objects, as well as the reason i.e. the forces acting on such bodies. This, along with kinematics constitute dynamics, which is concerned purely with the effects of forces on moving bodies.
(chemistry) The branch of chemistry that is concerned with the rates of chemical reactions.

Derived terms

Translations

physics

Catalan: cinemàtica (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 動力學 / 动力学 (zh) (dònglìxué)
Finnish: kinetiikka (fi)
French: cinétique (fr) f
Galician: cinemática (gl) f
Georgian: კინეტიკა (ḳineṭiḳa)
German: Kinetik (de) f
Greek: κινητική (el) f (kinitikí)
Hindi: बलगतिकी f (balgatikī)
Indonesian: kinetika (id)
Irish: cinéitic f
Italian: cinematica (it) f
Japanese: 動力学 (ja) (どうりきがく, dōrikigaku)
Khmer: ចល័តវិទ្យា (chak lat vi tyea)
Korean: 동력학 (dongnyeokhak)
Latvian: kinētika f
Malay: kinetik
Polish: kinetyka f
Portuguese: cinética f
Russian: кине́тика (ru) f (kinɛ́tika)
Spanish: cinética (es) f
Swedish: kinetik (sv) c
Tagalog: kilusan
Vietnamese: động lực học

chemistry

Catalan: cinètica (ca) f
Finnish: kinetiikka (fi)
French: cinétique (fr) f
Georgian: კინეტიკა (ḳineṭiḳa)
Hindi: रासायनिक बलगतिकी f (rāsāyanik balgatikī)
Indonesian: kinetika (id)
Irish: cinéitic f
Italian: cinetica (it) f
Khmer: ចល័តវិទ្យា (chak lat vi tyea)
Latvian: kinētika f
Malay: kinetik
Portuguese: cinética f
Russian: кине́тика (ru) f (kinɛ́tika)
Spanish: cinética (es) f
Swedish: kinetik (sv) c

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Italian: ^{(please verify)} cinetica (it) f