dynamics

English

Etymology

From dynamic +‎ -ics.

Noun

dynamics pl (plural only)

1. (mechanics) The branch of mechanics that is concerned with the effects of forces on the motion of objects.
2. (music) The volume of the sound, such as piano, mezzo piano, mezzo forte, and forte.
3. Forces that stimulate growth, change, or development.

   The changing dynamics in international politics led to such an outcome.

Derived terms

• aerodynamics
• biodynamics
• chemodynamics
• chromodynamics
• cliodynamics
• ecodynamics
• electrodynamics
• fluidodynamics
• geoecodynamics
• glucodynamics
• hydrodynamics
• magnetofluidodynamics
• magnetohydrodynamics
• psychodynamics
• thermodynamics

 

Related terms

• dynamic
• dyne

Translations

branch of mechanics

• Arabic: دِينَامِيكَا‎ (ar) f (dināmikā), حَرَكِيَّة‎ (ḥarakiyya), حَرَاكِيَّة‎ (ḥarākiyya), دِينَامِيَّة‎ (dīnāmiyya)
• Armenian: դինամիկա (hy) (dinamika)
• Bulgarian: дина́мика (bg) f (dinámika)
• Catalan: dinàmica (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 動力學 (zh), 动力学 (zh) (dònglìxué)

• Czech: dynamika f
• Dutch: dynamica (nl) f, stromingsleer (nl) f
• Esperanto: dinamiko
• Finnish: dynamiikka (fi)
• French: dynamique (fr) f
• German: Dynamik (de) f
• Greek: δυναμική (el) f (dynamikí)
• Hungarian: dinamika (hu)
• Italian: dinamica (it) f

• Japanese: 動力学 (ja) (どうりきがく, dōrikigaku), ダイナミクス (dainamikusu)
• Khmer: ថាមវិទ្យា (tham vi tyea)
• Korean: 동역학 (ko) (dong'yeokhak)
• Latvian: dinamika f
• Occitan: dinamica (oc) f
• Persian: دینامیک‎ (fa) (dīnāmīk), پویایی‎ (pūyāyī), پویاشناسی‎ (pūyāšenāsī)
• Polish: dynamika (pl) f
• Portuguese: dinâmica (pt) f
• Russian: дина́мика (ru) f (dinámika)
• Slovak: dynamika f
• Spanish: dinámica (es) f
• Swedish: dynamik (sv) c
• Tagalog: isigan, palaisigan (general sense)
• Turkish: dinamik (tr)
• Ukrainian: дина́міка f (dynámika)

in music

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 力度 (zh) (lì dù)

• Finnish: dynamiikka (fi), äänenvoimakkuus (fi)

See also

• statics

Further reading

• Wikipedia article on definition 1
• Wikipedia article on definition 2