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phoronomics

phoronomics noun: the science of motion; kinematics.

Noun

phoronomics (uncountable)

  1. The science of motion; kinematics.
    • Several new paragraphs have been added to the analytical laws of phoronomics and aerostatics, and in hydraulics the pressure of water flowing through tubes occupies two new paragraphs […]1869, Julius Ludwig Weisbach, Treatise on the mechanics of engineering and machinery

Origin of phoronomics

Ancient Greek a carrying, motion + a law.

Questions about phoronomics

What does phoronomics mean?
Phoronomics means the science of motion; kinematics.
What part of speech is phoronomics?
Phoronomics is a noun.

Words near phoronomics in the dictionary

  1. Phoroneus
  2. phoronid
  3. phoronids
  4. phoronomic
  5. phoronomically
  6. phoronomics
  7. phoronomy
  8. phoront
  9. phoronts
  10. phorophyte
  11. phorophytes

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