mehānika
Latvian
Etymology
Via some other European language, ultimately from Latin mechanicus (“of or belonging to machines or mechanics, inventive”), from Ancient Greek μηχανικός (mēkhanikós, “pertaining to machines or contrivance, mechanic, ingenious, inventive”), from μηχανή (mēkhanḗ, “a machine, contrivance”).
Noun
mehānika f (4th declension)
- (physics) mechanics (branch of physics that studies the motion of bodies and their resulting interaction)
- teorētiskā, lietišķā mehānika ― theoretical, applied mechanics
- klasiskā mehānika ― classical mechanics
- viļņu mehānika ― wave mechanics
- kvantu mehānika ― quantum mechanics
- debess mehānika ― celestial (lit. sky) mechanics
- mechanical engineering, technical engineering, maintenance (technical sector that deals with the designing, building, and maintenance of machines and their components)
Declension
Declension of mehānika (4th declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | mehānika | — |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | mehāniku | — |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | mehānikas | — |
| dative (datīvs) | mehānikai | — |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | mehāniku | — |
| locative (lokatīvs) | mehānikā | — |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | mehānika | — |