# kinology
## English
### Etymology

Ancient Greek

### Noun

kinology (uncountable)
* (rare, dated) The branch of physics that deals with the laws of motion; kinetics.
** 1923, Engineering Institute of Canada, Engineering Journal: Revue de L'ingénierie - Volume 6, page 115:The paper on kinology contributed by Mr. Henry was replete with interesting details and proved deep study and careful consideration.
** 1956, Robert Lincoln Harder, Jr., Copernicus, Galileo, and ideal conditions, page 8:Kinology differs from mechanics in that it emphasizes explanations in terms of formal and final causes, and resists separating the formal aspects of motion from the bodies moved.
* (medicine) Kinesiology
** 2009 June 1, Shen Y.X., Lieu D., Sun Y. M., Zhou X. Z, Tian Y, Lu Z.F., Fan Z. H,, “Local X-irradiation promotes regeneration of spinal cord central nervous system in a rat model”, in Chinese Journal of Surgery:Spinal cord callus was assessed by using physiology, kinology, and electrophysiology
* The use of motion and/or gesture.
** 1992, Modern Chinese Literature - Volumes 6-7, page 133:Inquiries into such conditions will give rise to two fields related to graphemics, namely, kinology and phanology, which deal respectively with the kinetic aspect of sign production and the visual aspect of its cognition ( Watt 1984, 103, 147).
** 1995, Sture Allen, Of Thoughts And Words:Looking back at the protolanguage from the vantagepoint of (adult-like) language we can say that it has a semantics and a phonology (or kinology: the expression may be any combination of vocal and gestural) but no (lexico-)grammar.
** 2017, Y. J. Doran, The Discourse of Physics, page 134:In addition, Cléirigh suggests that body language (kinology) can also be conceptualised as another expression of language (Zappavigna et al. 2010, Martin 2011).
** 2022, Oksana Bulgakowa, “Malevich in the movies: Kisses, sensations, or five paradoxes”, in K. Revue trans-europé enne de philosophie et arts:Also his izology (the science that should study the genesis and evolution of modern arts) would concern itself with deviations from the “norm” that occur in the “organism” of the painter or in the “body” of a work of art, and the fluid interconnection between the conscious and the subconscious; and kinology (the same for the film) brings to mind another contemporary coinage, “pedology”: a science studying ways and methods of influencing the child’s psyche, which was actively developed by Soviet psychologists in the 1920s under a strong impact of psychoanalysis.
* The branch of genealogy concerning those who are related by blood or marriage and who live or lived during the same time period.
** 1909 December 11, “Laura M. French”, in Editor & Publisher, volume 9, page 7:She usually writes the story herself, for she knows everybody within 25 miles of the courthouse, and is the town authority on kinology.
** 1989, The Descendants of Jedediah Strong (some of Elder John Strong and Abigail Ford) and Freedom Woodward (daughter of Henry Woodward and Elilzabeth)..., page 113:Nancy has done a lot of family history tracing and geneology and " kinology".
** 1984, Paul Arthur Andereck, Genealogical Computing--the Beginning, page 3-2:[…] a numbering system that takes care of collateral lines and handles kinology as well as genealogy;
** 2020, Phie Chyan, “Design of Purebred Dog Recommendation System Using MCDM Approach”, in Advances in Science, Technology and Engineering Systems Journal, volume 5, number 5:These criteria and sub-criteria were obtained based on collected and processed data from a primary data source that was the dog kinology information from the FCI and AKC as the leading world dog registries to obtain standardization of information on physical and psychological characteristics of each breed.
** 2022, William Allen White, In Our Town:One of the first things that a new reporter on our paper has to learn is the kinology of the town.