mechanics

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/mɪˈkænɪks/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/məˈkænɪks/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(mə kan′iks)

me•chan•ics /məˈkænɪks/USA pronunciation n.

Mechanics the branch of physics that deals with the action of forces on bodies and with motion:[uncountable* used with a singular verb]Mechanics includes the study of kinetics.
Mechanics[uncountable* used with a singular verb] the theoretical and practical application of this science to making or working with machinery and mechanical tools or instruments.
routine or basic methods, procedures, or techniques of doing things:[plural;the + ~ + of;used with a plural verb]The practical mechanics of running a household are difficult for him.

me•chan•ics (mə kan′iks),USA pronunciation n.

Mechanics(used with a sing. v.) the branch of physics that deals with the action of forces on bodies and with motion, comprised of kinetics, statics, and kinematics.
Mechanics(used with a sing. v.) the theoretical and practical application of this science to machinery, mechanical appliances, etc.
(usually used with a pl. v.) the technical aspect or working part;
mechanism;
structure.
(usually used with a pl. v.) routine or basic methods, procedures, techniques, or details:the mechanics of running an office; the mechanics of baseball.

see mechanic, -ics 1640–50

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

mechanics /mɪˈkænɪks/ n

(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
(functioning as singular) the science of designing, constructing, and operating machines
the working parts of a machine
the technical aspects of something

'mechanics' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

aeromechanics - Archimedes - artificer - biomechanics - Birkbeck - Born - celestial mechanics - classical - Copenhagen interpretation - de Broglie - decoherence - dynamics - fluid mechanics - forbidden - Hamilton - Helmholtz - hydraulics - Lagrange - mechanical - mechanistic - Newton's laws of motion - physics - quantum mechanics - quantum theory - relativistic - rest mass - statics - statistical mechanics - time - tunnel effect - wave function - wave mechanics - aerodynamics - autostability - blue-collar - body mechanics - classical mechanics - continuity equation - correspondence principle - cybernetics - de Broglie equation - delta function - entropy - exclusion principle - execute - fluid dynamics - Galilean transformation - hydromechanics - kinematics - kinetics

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Synonyms: kinetics, physics, Newtonian physics, logistics, workings, more...

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