Dynamics

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The word dynamics can refer to:

• a branch of mechanics; see dynamics (mechanics)
• the volume of music; see dynamics (music)

When used referring to mechanics, it is referring to the study of the motion of both rigid bodies and particles. The field of dynamics has two primary branches: kinematics, and kinetics.

References

• Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Dynamics" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamics, used under the GNU Free Documentation License