mechanics

English

Etymology 1

From Latin mechanicus, from Ancient Greek μηχανικός (mēkhanikós), from μηχανή (mēkhanḗ, “machine, tool”)

Noun

mechanics (uncountable)

1. (physics) The branch of physics that deals with the action of forces on material objects with mass
2. The design and construction of machines.
3. (writing) Spelling and punctuation.
4. Operation in general; workings.

   the mechanics of a board game

   • 1991, Marilyn Cochran-Smith, ‎Cynthia L. Paris, ‎Jessica L. Kahn, Learning to Write Differently (page 99)

     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.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• aeromechanics
• analytic mechanics
• biomechanics
• body mechanics
• celestial mechanics
• classical mechanics
• electromechanics
• fluid mechanics
• gas mechanics
• hereditary mechanics
• hydromechanics
• magnetomechanics
• matrix mechanics

• micromechanics
• molecular mechanics
• Newtonian mechanics
• nonquantum mechanics
• nonrelativistic mechanics
• particle mechanics
• quantum mechanics
• rational mechanics
• relativistic mechanics
• rock mechanics
• soil mechanics
• statistical mechanics
• wave mechanics

Translations

a branch of physics

• Arabic: مِيكَانِيكَا‎ (ar) f (mikānikā)
• Armenian: մեխանիկա (hy) (mexanika)
• Bulgarian: механика (bg) f (mehánika)
• Catalan: mecànica (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 力學 (zh), 力学 (zh) (lìxué)

• Czech: mechanika (cs) f
• Dutch: mechanica (nl)
• Estonian: mehaanika
• Finnish: mekaniikka (fi)
• French: mécanique (fr) f
• Galician: mecánica (gl)
• German: Mechanik (de) f
• Greek: μηχανική (el) f (michanikí)
• Hebrew: מכניקה‎ (he) (mekhanika?)
• Ido: mekaniko (io)
• Irish: meicnic f
• Italian: meccanica (it) f

• Japanese: 力学 (ja) (りきがく, rikigaku)
• Khmer: យន្តវិទ្យា (yon vi tyea)
• Korean: 역학 (ko) (yeok-hak) (力學 (ko))
• Latin: mechanicus
• Latvian: mehānika f
• Luxembourgish: Mechanik f
• Malay: kaji daya, mekanik
• Norwegian: mekanikk
• Polish: mechanika (pl) f
• Portuguese: mecânica (pt) f
• Russian: меха́ника (ru) f (mexánika)
• Serbo-Croatian: mehanika (sh) f
• Sindhi: ميڪانيات‎ (sd) f
• Slovene: mehanika (sl) f
• Spanish: mecánica (es) f
• Swedish: mekanik (sv) c
• Tagalog: sigwasan, dalubsigwasan
• Vietnamese: lực học (力學), cơ học

Etymology 2

Noun

mechanics

1. plural of mechanic

Anagrams

• mischance