DYNAMICS (from Gr. bbvayts, strength)

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DYNAMICS (from Gr. bbvayts, strength) , the name of a

branch

BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

of the science of

Mechanics

MECHANICS

(q.v.). The

term

TERM

was at one

time

TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the
root
- ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
- ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )
also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
TIME, STANDARD

restricted to the treatment of motion as affected by force, being thus opposed to Statics, which investigated

equilibrium

EQUILIBRIUM (from the Lat. aequus, equal, and libra, a
balance
- BALANCE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. bilantia, an apparatus for weighing, from bi, two, and lanx, a dish or
  scale
  - SCALE
  - SCALE (1) A
  )
)

or conditions of rest. In more

recent

RECENT

times the word has been applied comprehensively to the action of force on bodies either at rest or in motion, thus including "

dynamics

DYNAMICS
DYNAMICS (from Gr. bbvayts, strength)

" (now termed kinetics) in the restricted sense and " statics."

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