MECHANICS
\mɪkˈanɪks], \mɪkˈanɪks], \m_ɪ_k_ˈa_n_ɪ_k_s]\
Definitions of MECHANICS
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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the technical aspects of doing something; "a mechanism of social control"; "mechanisms of communication"; "the mechanics of prose style"
By Princeton University
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By Noah Webster.
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The branch of physics which deals with the motions of material bodies, including kinematics, dynamics, and statics. When the laws of mechanics are applied to living structures, as to the locomotor system, it is referred to as BIOMECHANICS. (From Dorland, 28th ed)
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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That science which treats of the action of force in producing equilibrium or motion: the science of machinery.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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The science which treats of the forces and powers and their action on bodies, either directly or by the intervention of machinery.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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