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Dynamics (from Greek δυναμικός dynamikos "powerful", from δύναμις dynamis " power") or dynamic may refer to:

Physics and engineering

• Dynamics (mechanics)
  • Aerodynamics, the study of the motion of air
  • Analytical dynamics, the motion of bodies as induced by external forces
  • Brownian dynamics, the occurrence of Langevin dynamics in the motion of particles in solution
  • File dynamics, stochastic motion of particles in a channel
  • Flight dynamics, the science of aircraft and spacecraft design
  • Fluid dynamics or hydrodynamics, the study of fluid flow
    • Computational fluid dynamics, a way of studying fluid dynamics using numerical methods
  • Fractional dynamics, dynamics with integrations and differentiations of fractional orders
  • Molecular dynamics, the study of motion on the molecular level
  • Langevin dynamics, a mathematical model for stochastic dynamics
  • Orbital dynamics, the study of the motion of rockets and spacecraft
  • Quantum chromodynamics, a theory of the strong interaction (color force)
  • Quantum electrodynamics, a description of how matter and light interact
  • Relativistic dynamics, a combination of relativistic and quantum concepts
  • Stellar dynamics, a description of the collective motion of stars
  • System dynamics, the study of the behavior of complex systems
  • Thermodynamics, the study of the relationships between heat and mechanical energy
  • Vehicle dynamics

Brands and enterprises

• Dynamic (record label), an Italian record label in Genoa
• Arrow Dynamics, roller coaster designer
• Boston Dynamics, robot designer
• Crystal Dynamics, video game developer
• General Dynamics, defence contractor
• Microsoft Dynamics, a line of business software

Computer science and mathematics

• Dynamical energy analysis, a numerical method modelling structure borne sound and vibration in complex structures
• Dynamic program analysis, a set of methods for analyzing computer software
• Dynamic programming, a mathematical optimization method, and a computer programming paradigm

Internet

• Dynamic HTML, technologies for creating interactive and animated web sites
• Dynamic IP, an IP address that changes every time the computer is turned on
• Dynamic web page, a web page with content that varies

Mathematics

• Dynamical system, a concept describing a point's time dependency
  • Topological dynamics, the study of dynamical systems from the viewpoint of general topology
• Symbolic dynamics, a method to model dynamical systems

Social science

• Group dynamics, the study of social group processes especially
• Population dynamics, in life sciences, the changes in the composition of a population
• Psychodynamics, the study of psychological forces driving human behavior
• Social dynamics, the ability of a society to react to changes
• Spiral Dynamics, a social development theory

Other uses

• Dynamics (music), the softness or loudness of a sound or note
• DTA Dynamic, a French ultralight trike wing design
• Dynamic microphone, a type of microphone
• Force dynamics, a semantic concept about how entities interact with reference to force
• Ice-sheet dynamics, the motion within large bodies of ice
• Neural oscillation in neurodynamics, a rhythmic pattern in the brain
• Sol Dynamic, a Brazilian paraglider design
• Dynamics (album)
• The Dynamics, American R&B group

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with dynamic
• All pages with titles containing dynamic
• Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
• Kinetics (disambiguation)
• Power (disambiguation)
• Static (disambiguation)

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