KINEMATICS

Kin′e‐mat″ics (?), n. [[Gr. (�), (�) motion, fr. κινει̑ν to move.]] (Physics) The science which treats of motions considered in themselves, or apart from their causes; the comparison and relation of motions. ☞ Kinematics forms properly an introduction to mechanics, as involving the mathematical principles which are to be applied to its data of forces. Nichol.