mechanics
pronunciation
How to pronounce mechanics in British English:
UK [məˈkænɪks]
How to pronounce mechanics in American English:
US [məˈkænɪks]
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- Noun:
- the branch of physics concerned with the motion of bodies in a frame of reference
- the technical aspects of doing something
Word Origin
- mechanics (n.)
- 1640s, based on Late Latin mechanica, from Greek mekhanike, mekhanika (see mechanic (adj.)); also see -ics.
Synonym
Example
- 1. Can you imagine living in a world before quantum mechanics ?
- 2. It 's all about the mechanics .
- 3. Physicists have struggled to marry quantum mechanics with gravity for decades .
- 4. It 's like trying to envision how did people do mechanics before newton .
- 5. He set up in that way an alternative form of quantum mechanics .