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dynamics [daɪˈnæmɪks] n 1. (Physics / General Physics) (functioning as singular) the branch of mechanics concerned with the forces that change or produce the motions of bodies Compare statics, kinematics 2. (Physics / General Physics) (functioning as singular) the branch of mechanics that includes statics and kinetics See statics, kinetics 3. (Physics / General Physics) (functioning as singular) the branch of any science concerned with forces 4. those forces that produce change in any field or system 5. (Music, other) Music a. the various degrees of loudness called for in performance b. Also called dynamic marks dynamic markings directions and symbols used to indicate degrees of loudness
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The unconscious desire is not something actually existing, but merely a tendency to a certain behaviour; it has exactly the same status as a force in dynamics. Is he not the celebrated author of The Dynamics of an Asteroid, a book which ascends to such rarefied heights of pure mathematics that it is said that there was no man in the scientific press capable of criticizing it? |
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