Dynamics vs Dimension - What's the difference?
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(mechanics) The branch of mechanics that is concerned with the effects of forces on the motion of objects.
(music) The volume of the sound, such as piano, mezzo piano, mezzo forte, and forte.
A single aspect of a given thing.
A measure of spatial extent in a particular direction, such as height, width or breadth, or depth.
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A construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished.
(geometry) The number of independent coordinates needed to specify uniquely the location of a point in a space; also, any of such independent coordinates.
(linear algebra) The number of elements of any basis of a vector space.
(physics) One of the physical properties that are regarded as fundamental measures of a physical quantity, such as mass, length and time.
(computing) Any of the independent ranges of indices in a multidimensional array.
(science fiction, fantasy) An alternative universe or plane of existence.
As nouns the difference between dynamics and dimension
is that dynamics is (mechanics) the branch of mechanics that is concerned with the effects of forces on the motion of objects while dimension is dimension.dynamics
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(en-plural noun)Derived terms
(terms derived using -dynamics) * aerodynamics * chemodynamics * cliodynamics * electrodynamics * hydrodynamics * magnetohydrodynamics * psychodynamics * thermodynamicsSee also
* staticsExternal links
* *dimension
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(wikipedia dimension)Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=We live our lives in three dimensions for our threescore and ten allotted years. Yet every branch of contemporary science, from statistics to cosmology, alludes to processes that operate on scales outside of human experience: the millisecond and the nanometer, the eon and the light-year.}}
- The dimension of velocity is length divided by time.