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equation of motion
noun
- an equation describing the rate of change with time of the velocity of a body, a collection of particles, or a fluid.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of equation of motion1
First recorded in 1850–55
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Example Sentences
Modern physics is built on the assumption that if we have perfect knowledge about a system, then we can predict its future and infer its past by solving the equation of motion.
From Scientific American
To find out, we can write down an equation of motion linking the two types of mass: inertial mass on one side of the equation and gravitational mass on the other.
From Scientific American
As for Parky's wholly unwarranted slight on Rin Tin Tin, one can only conclude that having spent so long entombed in those celebrity colons, he lacks the perspective required to appreciate what F Scott Fitzgerald called "the whole equation" of motion pictures.
From The Guardian
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