mechanics
nounUS /məˈkænɪks/
Etymology From Latin mēchanicus, from Ancient Greek μηχανικός (mēkhanikós), from μηχανή (mēkhanḗ, “machine, tool”).
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Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics The branch of physics that deals with the action of forces on material objects with mass.
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The design and construction of machines.
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Communications, Journalism, Literature, Media, Publishing, Writing Spelling and punctuation.
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Operation in general; workings.
- the mechanics of a board game
- It was anticipated that children who encountered difficulty with the mechanics of word processing could turn to the coach for help rather than interrupt Margaret's work with a reading group.1991, Marilyn Cochran-Smith, Cynthia L. Paris, Jessica L. Kahn, Learning to Write Differently, page 99:
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aeromechanics, analytic mechanics, atomechanics, biomechanics, bionanomechanics, body mechanics, Bohmian mechanics, celestial mechanics, chemomechanics, classical mechanics, continuum mechanics, cytomechanics, ecomechanics, electromechanics, fluid mechanics, gas mechanics, geomechanics, hereditary mechanics, hydromechanics, Lagrangian mechanics, magnetomechanics, magnomechanics, matrix mechanics, mechatronics, mecomtronics, mesomechanics, micromechanics, molecular mechanics, morphomechanics, nanomechanics, neuromechanics, Newtonian mechanics, nonquantum mechanics, nonrelativistic mechanics, optomechanics, orbital mechanics, particle mechanics, pathobiomechanics, pathomechanics, poromechanics, psychomechanics, quantum mechanics, rational mechanics, relativistic mechanics, rock mechanics, soil mechanics, statistical mechanics, telemechanics, thermomechanics, wave mechanics