Mechanics

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English

Etymology

From Latin mechanicus from Ancient Greek μηχανικός (mēkhanikos) from μηχανή (mēkhanē), “‘machine, tool’”)

Pronunciation

me·chan·ics

• AHD: /mĕkănĭks/

\Me*chan"ics\

Noun

Singular Mechanics

Plural -

Mechanics (-)

1. Template:Physics The branch of physics that deals with the action of forces on material objects with mass
2. The design and construction of machines.
3. (writing) Spelling and punctuation.
4. Plural form of mechanic.

Derived terms

Derived terms

aeromechanics analytic mechanics biomechanics body mechanics celestial mechanics classical mechanics electromechanics fluid mechanics gas mechanics hereditary mechanics hydromechanics magnetomechanics matrix mechanics

micromechanics molecular mechanics Newtonian mechanics nonquantum mechanics nonrelativistic mechanics particle mechanics quantum mechanics relativistic mechanics rock mechanics soil mechanics statistical mechanics wave mechanics

Translations

Translations

Bulgarian: Механика (mehanika) Catalan: mecànica f. Chinese: 力学 (lì xué) Croatian: mehanika hr(hr) f. Czech: mechanika cs(cs) f. Dutch: mechanica Estonian: mehaanika Finnish: mekaniikka fi(fi) French: Mécanique m. Galician: mecánica German: Mechanik Greek: μηχανική el(el) (mikhanikí) f. Hebrew: מכניקה (mekanik?)

Italian: meccanica it(it) f. Japanese: 力学 (kyugaku) Korean: 역학 (yeokhak) Latin: mechanicus Norwegian: mekanikk Polish: mechanika pl(pl) f. Portuguese: mecânica pt(pt) f. Russian: Механика (mekhanika/mehanika) Sindhi: ميڪانيات sd(sd) f. Slovene: mehanika sl(sl) f. Spanish: mecánica es(es) f. Swedish: mekanik sv(sv) c. Vietnamese: Cơ học, Cơhọc [力学]

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