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kinematic

kinematic

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Describing how objects move without mentioning forces
  • adjective
  • /kɪˈnɛmætɪk/
  • Specialized
: cinemático
  • In robotics, engineers analyze the kinematic movements of robotic arms to improve their efficiency.
  • kinematic parameter
  • kinematic data
  • kinematic analysis

Well, that means that the CMB dipole is not kinematic in origin, right?

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Examples

  • Three previous reports have examined some of the kinematic features of wheelchair propulsion by elite athletes.

    Academic text (1990)

  • During the first portion of the session, the speech production protocol was completed, and kinematic data were collected.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Individual measures were also compared to their specific injury criteria or kinematic limit as appropriate.

    Academic text (2000)

  • The information that is created by speech is kinematic patterns in the acoustic array.

    Blog text (16)

  • The sampling rate for the kinematic data was 250 Hz.

    Academic text (2011)

  • A secondary aim of this investigation was to determine the relation between tongue kinematic measures and speech intelligibility.

    Academic text (2012)

  • Significant differences were observed between group means at different speeds and trials for both kinematic and EMG measures.

    Academic text (1997)

  • Geometric and kinematic designs must balance strength and flexibility with module weight and longevity.

    Academic text (2011)

  • At Stanford University, Lenox has synthesized kinematic methods that have enabled real-time 3-D motion analysis.

    Academic text (1996)

  • Second, we explored linguistic transfer through the examination of kinematic variations of language-specific prosodic contrasts.

    Academic text (2011)

Surface Forms

kinematic positive

Morphology

kinematic = kinematics (transparent) = kinemat + ic

Formed by the combining form meaning 'motion' plus the adjective-forming suffix '-ic', so the relation to 'kinematics' and 'motion' is clear.

Etymology

Kinematic comes from the Greek root kinesis which means 'movement', and it is the same root behind kinetic and the 'cine' in cinema (think of moving pictures). So, kinematic means 'about motion' and is used when we describe how things move without talking about the forces that cause the movement.