dynamics

noun — 4 senses

noun

US /dɑɪˈnæm.ɪks/ · UK /dʌɪˈnamɪks/

Etymology From dynamic + -ics.

Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics The branch of mechanics that is concerned with the effects of forces on the motion of objects.

Derived terms: 74 terms
aerodynamics, astrodynamics, autodynamics, barodynamics, biodynamics, cardiodynamics, chemodynamics, chromodynamics, cliodynamics, cytodynamics, ecodynamics, elastodynamics, electrodynamics, ferrofluid dynamics, flavordynamics, fluid dynamics, fluidodynamics, fluidynamics, gas dynamics, geodynamics, geoecodynamics, geometrodynamics, glucodynamics, glycodynamics, gravidynamics, group dynamics, hadrodynamics, haemodynamics, hemodynamics, homeodynamics, hydrodynamics, hyperdynamics, immunodynamics, macrodynamics, magnetodynamics, magnetofluidodynamics, magnetohydrodynamics, metadynamics, microdynamics, modified Newtonian dynamics, molecular dynamics, morphodynamics, myodynamics, nematodynamics, neurodynamics, oligodynamics, optodynamics, paleodynamics, peridynamics, phacodynamics, pharmacodynamics, photodynamics, phylodynamics, plasmadynamics, population dynamics, power dynamics, pseudodynamics, psychodynamics, rigid body dynamics, serodynamics, social dynamics, sociodynamics, spatiodynamics, stereodynamics, subdynamics, thermodynamics, thermofluid dynamics, thrombodynamics, toxicodynamics, trophodynamics, tubulodynamics, urodynamics, vasodynamics, zoodynamics

noun

Etymology From dynamic + -ics.

› Loudness of sound.

The changing amplitude or level of a sound wave or selection of audio.

Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music The volume with which music is to be performed, denoted by such terms as piano, mezzo piano, mezzo forte, or forte.

Forces that stimulate growth, change, or development.

The changing dynamics in international politics led to such an outcome.
Many of the dynamics today in West Virginia would be familiar in old industrial towns in the Northeast, or in rural communities across the Midwest.2021 February 8, Emily Badger, “West Virginia Has Everyone’s Attention. What Does It Really Need?”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 18 Apr 2021:

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