Study of motion
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1. Kinematics

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Movement is one of the most common phenomena which occur around us, even in nature we find movements which are easily observed and truly beautiful .

Kinematics is the study of the motion of points, objects, and groups of objects without considering the causes of its motion.

Kinematics is the science of describing the motion of objects using words, diagrams, numbers, graphs, and equations. The goal of any study of kinematics is to develop models which serve to describe (and ultimately, explain) the motion of real-world objects.

Everything is in motion. For example, we are all moving around the sun. Can you give more examples of movement?

But, the motion of an object with respect to another object is nothing but relative motion.
- Is the man on the train moving?
- Is the girl on the station in movement?

If you are traveling on a train then you are at rest with respect to the observer on the train, but you are in motion with respect to the person outside the train. This is called relative motion.

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