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kinetics

3 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. kinetics (noun plural but singular or plural in construction)
  2. chemical kinetics (noun)
  3. reaction kinetics (noun plural but singular or plural in constructrion)

ki·net·ics

noun pl but singular or pl in constr \kə-ˈne-tiks also kī-\

Definition of KINETICS

1
a : a branch of science that deals with the effects of forces upon the motions of material bodies or with changes in a physical or chemical system b : the rate of change in such a system
2
: the mechanism by which a physical or chemical change is effected

First Known Use of KINETICS

circa 1859

Rhymes with KINETICS

athletics, genetics, phonetics, poetics

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