phoronomy

noun

pho·​ron·​o·​my

fəˈränəmē

plural -es

: a Kantian theory of motion deducible from a priori conceptions compare kinematics

Word History

Etymology

New Latin phoronomia, from Greek phoro- (from phorein to carry along) + New Latin -nomia (from Greek, from nomos law)

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