n. [ Gr. (&unr_;), (&unr_;) motion, fr. kinei^n to move. ] (Physics) The science which treats of motions considered in themselves, or apart from their causes; the comparison and relation of motions. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ Kinematics forms properly an introduction to mechanics, as involving the mathematical principles which are to be applied to its data of forces. Nichol. [ 1913 Webster ]