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me·chan·ics    Audio Help   [muh-kan-iks] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.(used with a singular verb) the branch of physics that deals with the action of forces on bodies and with motion, comprised of kinetics, statics, and kinematics.
2.(used with a singular verb) the theoretical and practical application of this science to machinery, mechanical appliances, etc.
3.(usually used with a plural verb) the technical aspect or working part; mechanism; structure.
4.(usually used with a plural verb) routine or basic methods, procedures, techniques, or details: the mechanics of running an office; the mechanics of baseball.

[Origin: 1640–50; see mechanic, -ics]
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me·chan·ic    Audio Help   (mĭ-kān'ĭk)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   A worker skilled in making, using, or repairing machines, vehicles, and tools.


[From Middle English, mechanical, from Old French mecanique, from Latin mēchanicus, from Greek mēkhanikos, from mēkhanē, machine, device; see magh- in Indo-European roots.]

me·chan'ic adj.
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me·chan·ics    Audio Help   (mĭ-kān'ĭks)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. (used with a sing. verb) The branch of physics that is concerned with the analysis of the action of forces on matter or material systems.
  2. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) Design, construction, and use of machinery or mechanical structures.
  3. (used with a pl. verb) The functional and technical aspects of an activity: The mechanics of football are learned with practice.

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mechanics

noun
1. the branch of physics concerned with the motion of bodies in a frame of reference 
2. the technical aspects of doing something; "a mechanism of social control"; "mechanisms of communication"; "the mechanics of prose style" [syn: mechanism

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meˈchanics1 noun singular
the science of the action of forces on objects
Example: He is studying mechanics.
Arabic: عِلْم الميكانيكا
Chinese (Simplified): 力学
Chinese (Traditional): 力學
Czech: mechanika
Danish: mekanik
Dutch: werktuigkunde
Estonian: mehhaanika
Finnish: mekaniikka
French: mécanique
German: die Mechanik
Greek: μηχανική
Hungarian: mechanika
Icelandic: aflfræði, kraftfræði
Indonesian: mekanika
Italian: meccanica
Japanese: 力学
Latvian: mehānika
Lithuanian: mechanika
Norwegian: mekanikk; (-) teknikk
Polish: mechanika
Portuguese (Brazil): mecânica
Portuguese (Portugal): mecânica
Romanian: mecanică
Russian: механика
Slovak: mechanika
Slovenian: mehanika
Spanish: mecánica
Swedish: mekanik
Turkish: mekanik bilimi
meˈchanics2 noun singular
the art of building machines
Example: He applied his knowledge of mechanics to designing a new wheelchair.
Arabic: مَعْرِفَه آليَّه
Chinese (Simplified): 机械学
Chinese (Traditional): 機械學
Czech: technika
Danish: mekanik
Dutch: werktuigbouwkunde
Estonian: mehhaanika
Finnish: tekniikka
French: mécanique
German: die Mechanik
Greek: μηχανική
Hungarian: mechanika
Icelandic: vélfræði
Indonesian: mekanika
Italian: meccanica
Japanese: 機械工作技術
Latvian: mehānika; tehnika
Lithuanian: technika
Norwegian: maskinteknikk, *-konstruksjon
Polish: mechanika
Portuguese (Brazil): mecânica
Portuguese (Portugal): mecânica
Romanian: mecanică
Russian: механика
Slovak: technika
Slovenian: mehanika
Spanish: mecánica
Swedish: maskinlära
Turkish: makine yapma bilgisi
meˈchanics noun plural
the ways in which something works or is applied
Example: the mechanics of the legal system
Arabic: آلِيَّة, طُرُق آليَّه
Chinese (Simplified): 机理
Chinese (Traditional): 機理
Czech: mechanismus
Danish: indretning
Dutch: mechanisme
Estonian: meh-hanism
French: mécanisme
German: die Technik
Hungarian: mechanizmus
Icelandic: starfsemi, gangur, kerfi
Indonesian: cara kerja
Japanese: 仕組み
Latvian: mehānisms
Lithuanian: mechanizmas
Norwegian: arbeidsgangen, systemet
Polish: mechanizm
Portuguese (Brazil): mecanismo
Portuguese (Portugal): mecanismos
Romanian: mecanism(e)
Russian: механизм
Slovak: mechanizmus
Slovenian: mehanizem
Swedish: teknik, arbetsgång
Turkish: yapılma, *çalışma biçimi
See also: mechanism, mechanize, mechanise, mechanic, mechanical

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mechanics    Audio Help   (mĭ-kān'ĭks)  Pronunciation Key 
  1. The branch of physics concerned with the relationships between matter, force, and energy, especially as they affect the motion of objects. See also classical physics, quantum mechanics.
  2. The functional aspect of a system, such as the mechanics of blood circulation.

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mechanics

The branch of physics that deals with the motion of material objects. The term mechanics generally refers to the motion of large objects, whereas the study of motion at the level of the atom or smaller is the domain of quantum mechanics.

Note: The basic laws of mechanics are Newton's laws of motion.

[Chapter:] Physical Sciences and Mathematics


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Mechanics

Me*chan"ics\, n. [Cf. F. m['e]canique.] That science, or branch of applied mathematics, which treats of the action of forces on bodies.

Note: That part of mechanics which considers the action of forces in producing rest or equilibrium is called statics; that which relates to such action in producing motion is called dynamics. The term mechanics includes the action of forces on all bodies, whether solid, liquid, or gaseous. It is sometimes, however, and formerly was often, used distinctively of solid bodies only: The mechanics of liquid bodies is called also hydrostatics, or hydrodynamics, according as the laws of rest or of motion are considered. The mechanics of gaseous bodies is called also pneumatics. The mechanics of fluids in motion, with special reference to the methods of obtaining from them useful results, constitutes hydraulics.

Animal mechanics (Physiol.), that portion of physiology which has for its object the investigation of the laws of equilibrium and motion in the animal body. The most important mechanical principle is that of the lever, the bones forming the arms of the levers, the contractile muscles the power, the joints the fulcra or points of support, while the weight of the body or of the individual limbs constitutes the weight or resistance.

Applied mechanics, the principles of abstract mechanics applied to human art; also, the practical application of the laws of matter and motion to the construction of machines and structures of all kinds.
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