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DYNAMICS (from Gr. bbvayts, strength)

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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 756 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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DYNAMICS
DYNAMICS (from Gr. bbvayts, strength)

DYNAMICS (from Gr. bbvayts, strength) , the name of a See also:

BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the See also:

SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science of See also:

MECHANICS

Mechanics (q.v.) . The See also:

TERM

term was at one See also:

time restricted to the treatment of See also:

motion as affected by force, being thus opposed to See also:

STATICS (from Gr. root am-, stand, or cause to stand)

Statics, which investigated See also:

EQUILIBRIUM (from the Lat. aequus, equal, and libra, a balance)

equilibrium or conditions of See also:

REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest .

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