DYNAMICS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dynamics mean? 

• DYNAMICS (noun)
  The noun DYNAMICS has 1 sense:

1. the branch of mechanics concerned with the forces that cause motions of bodies

  Familiarity information: DYNAMICS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DYNAMICS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The branch of mechanics concerned with the forces that cause motions of bodies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

dynamics; kinetics

Hypernyms ("dynamics" is a kind of...):

mechanics (the branch of physics concerned with the motion of bodies in a frame of reference)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dynamics"):

ballistics (the science of flight dynamics)

Derivation:

dynamic (of or relating to dynamics)

 Context examples 

This agent appears to exert its antimitotic effect by binding to tubulin, resulting in a disruption of microtubule assembly dynamics and subsequently, the inhibition of mitosis and tumor cell death.

(Noscapine, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene plays a role in the regulation of protein transport and microtubule dynamics.

(APPBP2 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes bromodomain-containing protein 4, is involved in the regulation of chromosomal dynamics during mitosis.

(BRD4 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Ortataxel binds to and stabilizes tubulin molecules, thereby interfering with the dynamics of microtubule assembly/disassembly.

(Ortataxel, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes actin-binding protein anillin, plays a role in cleavage furrow dynamics.

(ANLN wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene may play a role in plasma membrane dynamics.

(PALMD Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

That knowledge gap hampered a full understanding of past climate dynamics.

(Ice cave in Transylvania yields window into region's past, NSF)

Cemadotin suppresses spindle microtubule dynamics by binding to tubulin, thereby blocking mitosis.

(Cemadotin, NCI Thesaurus)

The disruption in microtubule dynamics may eventually inhibit cell division and reduce cellular growth.

(Cevipabulin, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene plays a role in muscle contraction and plasma membrane dynamics.

(DYSF Gene, NCI Thesaurus)