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mechanics

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me·chan·ics  (m-knks)
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.

mechanics [mɪˈkænɪks]
n
1. (Physics / General Physics) (functioning as singular) the branch of science, divided into statics, dynamics, and kinematics, concerned with the equilibrium or motion of bodies in a particular frame of reference See also quantum mechanics, wave mechanics, statistical mechanics
2. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) (functioning as singular) the science of designing, constructing, and operating machines
3. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) the working parts of a machine
4. the technical aspects of something the mechanics of poetic style

mechanics  (m-knks)
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 physicsquantum mechanics
2. The functional aspect of a system, such as the mechanics of blood circulation.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.mechanics - the branch of physics concerned with the motion of bodies in a frame of referencemechanics - the branch of physics concerned with the motion of bodies in a frame of reference
natural philosophy, physics - the science of matter and energy and their interactions; "his favorite subject was physics"
classical mechanics, Newtonian mechanics - the branch of mechanics based on Newton's laws of motion
fluid mechanics, hydraulics - study of the mechanics of fluids
pneumatics - the branch of mechanics that deals with the mechanical properties of gases
statics - the branch of mechanics concerned with forces in equilibrium
dynamics, kinetics - the branch of mechanics concerned with the forces that cause motions of bodies
kinematics - the branch of mechanics concerned with motion without reference to force or mass
aerodynamics, aeromechanics - the branch of mechanics that deals with the motion of gases (especially air) and their effects on bodies in the flow
reaction - (mechanics) the equal and opposite force that is produced when any force is applied to a body; "every action has an equal and opposite reaction"
jerk - (mechanics) the rate of change of acceleration
2.mechanics - the technical aspects of doing something; "a mechanism of social control"; "mechanisms of communication"; "the mechanics of prose style"
carrying into action, carrying out, execution, performance - the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it; "they criticised his performance as mayor"; "experience generally improves performance"
Translations
mechanics [mɪˈkænɪks]
A. NSING (Tech, Phys) → mecánica f
B. NPL (= machinery) → mecanismo msing (fig) → mecánica f
mechanics [mɪˈkænɪks]
n (= science) → mécanique f quantum mechanics
npl (= practical details) → mécanique f
mechanics
n
sing (= subject) (= engineering)Maschinenbau m; (Phys) → Mechanik f; home mechanics for the car-ownerkleine Maschinenkunde für den Autobesitzer
pl (= technical aspects)Mechanik f, → Mechanismus m; (fig: of writing etc) → Technik f; there is something wrong with the mechanics of the cardas Auto ist mechanisch nicht in Ordnung; I don’t understand the mechanics of parliamentary procedureich verstehe den Mechanismus parlamentarischer Abläufe nicht
mechanics [mɪˈkænɪks] n
a. (sg, science) → meccanica
b. (pl, of car) → meccanismo, meccanica (fig) (of legal system) → meccanismo; (of writing, novel, plot) → meccanismo


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If many simultaneously and variously directed forces act on a given body, the direction of its motion cannot coincide with any one of those forces, but will always be a mean- what in mechanics is represented by the diagonal of a parallelogram of forces.
At other times anyone could dance who paid his money and was orderly; the railroad men, the roundhouse mechanics, the delivery boys, the iceman, the farm-hands who lived near enough to ride into town after their day's work was over.
As for those of the fourth, which consisted of mechanics, they were incapable of any office.
 
 
 
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