'Kinematics' definitions:
Definition of 'kinematics'
From: WordNet
noun
The branch of mechanics concerned with motion without reference to force or mass
Definition of 'Kinematics'
From: GCIDE
- Kinematics \Kin`e*mat"ics\, n. [Gr. (?),(?) motion, fr. kinei^n to move.] (Physics) The science which treats of motions considered in themselves, or apart from their causes; the comparison and relation of motions. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Kinematics forms properly an introduction to mechanics, as involving the mathematical principles which are to be applied to its data of forces. --Nichol. [1913 Webster]