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mechanics
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
MECHANICS
n.That science which treats of the doctrines of motion. It investigates the forces by which bodies are kept either in equilibrium or in motion, and is accordingly divided into statics and dynamics. A mathematical science which shows the effects of powers or moving forces, so far as they are applied to engines, and demonstrates the laws of motion.
It is a well known truth in mechanics, that the actual and theoretical powers of a machine will never coincide.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
MECHANICS
Me *chan "ics, n. Etym: [Cf. F. mécanique. ]
Defn: That science, or branch of applied mathematics, which treats of the action of forces on bodies.
Note: That part of mechanics which considers the action of forces in producing rest or equilibrium is called statics; that which relates to such action in producing motion is called dynamics. The term mechanics includes the action of forces on all bodies, whether solid, liquid, or gaseous. It is sometimes, however, and formerly was often, used distinctively of solid bodies only: The mechanics of liquid bodies is called also hydrostatics, or hydrodynamics, according as the laws of rest or of motion are considered. The mechanics of gaseous bodies is called also pneumatics. The mechanics of fluids in motion, with special reference to the methods of obtaining from them useful results, constitutes hydraulics. Animal mechanics (Physiol.), that portion of physiology which has for its object the investigation of the laws of equilibrium and motion in the animal body. The most important mechanical principle is that of the lever, the bones forming the arms of the levers, the contractile muscles the power, the joints the fulcra or points of support, while the weight of the body or of the individual limbs constitutes the weight or resistance. -- Applied mechanics, the principles of abstract mechanics applied to human art; also, the practical application of the laws of matter and motion to the construction of machines and structures of all kinds.
New American Oxford Dictionary
mechanics
me chan ics |məˈkaniks məˈkænɪks | ▶plural noun 1 [ treated as sing. ] the branch of applied mathematics dealing with motion and forces producing motion. • machinery as a subject; engineering. 2 the machinery or working parts of something: he looks at the mechanics of a car before the bodywork. • the way in which something is done or operated; the practicalities or details of something: the mechanics of cello playing.
Oxford Dictionary
mechanics
mech |an ¦ics |mɪˈkanɪks | ▶plural noun 1 [ treated as sing. ] the branch of applied mathematics dealing with motion and forces producing motion. 2 the machinery or working parts of something: he looks at the mechanics of a car before the bodywork. • the practical study of machinery. • the way in which something is done or operated: the mechanics of cello playing.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
mechanics
me chan ics /mɪkǽnɪks /名詞 1 U 力学 ; 機械工学 ▸ fluid mechanics 流体力学 .2 〖通例複数扱い; 通例the ～〗構造, しくみ .3 〖通例複数扱い 〗決まりきった [基本的な ]手順 [技術 ].
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