Branch of physics concerned with the geometrically possible motion of a body or system of bodies, without consideration of the forces involved. It describes the spatial position of bodies or systems, their velocities, and their acceleration. See also dynamics
A kinematic analysis of a mechanical system specifies topology, degrees of freedom (DoFs), velocities, and constraints, without explicit specification of externally applied forces/torques or integration of Newton's laws for the system's motion as a function of time
A kinematic analysis of a mechanical system specifies topology, degrees of freedom (DoFs), motions, and constraints, without specification of applied forces/torques or the mass properties of the bodies
Refers to the calculation or description of the underlying mechanics of motion of an astronomical object For example, in radioastronomy, spectral line graphs are used to determine the kinematics or relative motions of material at the center of a galaxy or surrounding a star as it is born
The study of motion exclusive of the influences of mass and force It includes displacement, velocity, and acceleration without regard for the forces acting on a body It is a mechanical concept, a subdivision of dynamics
The properties of each 3D object that control its transformations These transformation properties are used to modify the selected object's scaling (size), rotation (orientation), and translation (position) in X, Y, and Z in either local and global space Although related, kinematics are not to be confused with inverse and forward kinematics for animation