Etymology

nematodynamics

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Today it means: The study of the orientation dynamics of nematic (flowless) liquid crystals Full definition →

English dynamics ← French dynamique ← Ancient Greek δυναμικός (dunamikós)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)neh₁-
  2. Ancient Greekνέω (néō)
  3. Ancient Greekνῆμᾰ (nêmă)
  4. Englishnemat-
  5. Englishnemato-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*dewh₂-
  7. Proto-Hellenic*dunamai
  8. Ancient Greekδῠ́νᾰμαι (dŭ́nămai)
  9. Ancient Greekδύναμις (dúnamis)
  10. Ancient Greekδυναμικός (dunamikós)
  11. Frenchdynamique
  12. Englishdynamic
  13. Englishdynamics
  14. English todaynematodynamics

From nemato- + dynamics.

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