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Definition of: kinematics
(kin′ə·mat′iks) noun plural (construed as singular)
That branch of mechanics treating of the motion of bodies in the abstract and without reference to the action of forces. [<Gk. kinēma, -atos movement <kineein move]
—kin′e·mat′ic or ·i·cal adjective
—kin′e·mat′i·cal·ly adverb
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