a. and sb. [f. Gr. κίνημα, κῑνηματ- a motion (f. κῑνεῖν to move) + -IC.]

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  A.  adj. Relating to pure motion, i.e., to motion considered abstractly, without reference to force or mass.

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1864.  Athenæum, No. 1924. 340/3. Kinematic effects of revolution and rotation.

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1879.  Thomson & Tait, Nat. Phil., I. I. 483, note. The design of a kinematic machine … essentially involves dynamical considerations.

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1880.  Nature, XXI. 244/1. M. Mannheim has recently introduced the expression kinematic geometry; this branch dealing with motion independently of forces and times.

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  B.  sb. = KINEMATICS.

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1873.  W. K. Clifford, Pure Sciences, in Contemp. Rev. (1874), Oct., 717. These rules are called the laws of kinematic, or of the pure science of motion.

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