kinetics
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- noun
- /kɪˈnɛtɪks/
- Specialized
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cinética
- The scientist explained the kinetics of the reaction, showing how temperature influences the speed of chemical processes.
- reaction kinetics
- chemical kinetics
- deprotection kinetics
Examples
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But the key to understanding it was the kinetics, the rate law.
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Film is like the kinetics of experience in the city, with its new forms of modern transport.
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OK, now suppose you have a more complex situation where the it's first order kinetics, but it's reversible.
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All right, now we're going to talk about kinetics and equilibrium constants.
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It depends on the kinetics of the outbreak.
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It's all about kinetics, mass, velocity, the inertia of falling persons and things.
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The reaction and diffusion kinetics of the resulting mixtures were then characterized using the protocol described above.
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Using this simple model, we have derived a self-consistent description that accurately replicates our kinetics measurements.
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As noted above, different types of sodium channels possess different physiological characteristics, including voltage-dependence, kinetics, and recovery properties.
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In physics class, we learned that kinetics studies the forces that affect how objects move.
Synonyms
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The study of forces and how things move
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Kinetics comes from the Greek word kinesis, which means 'movement' or 'motion' and is the same root behind cinema ('moving pictures'). So kinetics is the study of how forces make things move.