dynamics

English

Etymology

From dynamic +‎ -ics.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /dɑɪˈnæm.ɪks/
• (British) IPA^(key): /dʌɪˈnamɪks/, /dəˈnamɪks/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Noun

dynamics (uncountable)

1. (physics) The branch of mechanics that is concerned with the effects of forces on the motion of objects.

Derived terms

• aerodynamics
• astrodynamics
• autodynamics
• barodynamics
• biodynamics
• cardiodynamics
• chemodynamics
• chromodynamics
• cliodynamics
• cytodynamics
• ecodynamics
• elastodynamics
• electrodynamics
• ferrofluid dynamics
• flavordynamics
• fluid dynamics
• fluidodynamics
• fluidynamics
• gas dynamics
• geodynamics
• geoecodynamics
• geometrodynamics
• glucodynamics
• glycodynamics
• gravidynamics
• group dynamics
• hadrodynamics
• haemodynamics
• hemodynamics
• homeodynamics
• hydrodynamics
• hyperdynamics
• immunodynamics
• macrodynamics
• magnetodynamics
• magnetofluidodynamics
• magnetohydrodynamics
• metadynamics
• microdynamics
• modified Newtonian dynamics
• molecular dynamics
• morphodynamics
• myodynamics
• nematodynamics
• neurodynamics
• oligodynamics
• optodynamics
• paleodynamics
• peridynamics
• phacodynamics
• pharmacodynamics
• photodynamics
• phylodynamics
• plasmadynamics
• population dynamics
• power dynamics
• pseudodynamics
• psychodynamics
• rigid body dynamics
• serodynamics
• social dynamics
• sociodynamics
• spatiodynamics
• stereodynamics
• subdynamics
• thermodynamics
• thermofluid dynamics
• thrombodynamics
• toxicodynamics
• trophodynamics
• tubulodynamics
• urodynamics
• vasodynamics
• zoodynamics

Descendants

• → Malay: dinamik

Translations

branch of mechanics

• Arabic: دِينَامِيكَا (ar) f (dināmikā), حَرَكِيَّة (ḥarakiyya), حَرَاكِيَّة (ḥarākiyya), دِينَامِيَّة (dīnāmiyya)
• Armenian: դինամիկա (hy) (dinamika)
• Bulgarian: дина́мика (bg) f (dinámika)
• Catalan: dinàmica (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 動力學 / 动力学 (zh) (dònglìxué)

• Czech: dynamika (cs) f
• Dutch: dynamica (nl) f, stromingsleer (nl) f
• Esperanto: dinamiko
• Finnish: dynamiikka (fi)
• French: dynamique (fr) f
• German: Dynamik (de) f
• Greek: δυναμική (el) f (dynamikí)
• Hungarian: dinamika (hu)
• Italian: dinamica (it) f
• Japanese: 動力学 (ja) (どうりきがく, dōrikigaku), ダイナミクス (dainamikusu)
• Khmer: ថាមវិទ្យា (tham vi tyea)
• Korean: 동역학 (ko) (dong'yeokhak)
• Latvian: dinamika f
• Occitan: dinamica (oc) f
• Ottoman Turkish: مبحث الحركات (mebhasüʼl-harekât)
• Persian: دینامیک (fa) (dinâmik), پویایی (puyâyi), پویاشناسی (puyâšenâsi)
• Polish: dynamika (pl) f
• Portuguese: dinâmica (pt) f
• Russian: дина́мика (ru) f (dinámika)
• Slovak: dynamika f
• Spanish: dinámica (es) f
• Swedish: dynamik (sv) c
• Tagalog: isigan, palaisigan (general sense)
• Turkish: dinamik (tr)
• Ukrainian: дина́міка f (dynámika)

Noun

dynamics pl (plural only)

1. Loudness of sound.
   1. The changing amplitude or level of a sound wave or selection of audio.
   2. (music) The volume with which music is to be performed, denoted by such terms as piano, mezzo piano, mezzo forte, or forte.
2. Forces that stimulate growth, change, or development.

   The changing dynamics in international politics led to such an outcome.

Related terms

• dynamic
• dyne

Descendants

• → Malay: dinamik

Translations

in music

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 力度 (zh) (lì dù)

• Finnish: dynamiikka (fi), äänenvoimakkuus (fi)

See also

• statics

Further reading

• dynamics (mechanics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• dynamics (music) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia