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mechanics comparison table

Subject	is a kind of	has definition
kinematics	mechanics	The branch of mechanics that studies bodies undergoing continuous change of position. Whereas dynamics takes into account mass, force, distance, and time, kinematics is concerned only with distance and time.

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