mechanics

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mechanics

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /məˈkænɪks/
Audio (US): (file)

Etymology 1

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

Noun

mechanics (uncountable)

(physics) The branch of physics that deals with the action of forces on material objects with mass
The design and construction of machines.
(writing) Spelling and punctuation.
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

Translations

a branch of physics

Albanian: mekanikë (sq) f
Arabic: مِيكَانِيكَا (ar) f (mikānikā), مِيكَانِيكِيَّة f (mīkānīkiyya)
Armenian: մեխանիկա (hy) (mexanika)
Azerbaijani: mexanika
Belarusian: меха́ніка f (mjexánika), мэха́ніка f (mexánika)
Bengali: বলবিজ্ঞান (bolbiggên)
Bulgarian: меха́ника (bg) f (mehánika)
Burmese: စက်ပြင် (cakprang), မက္ကင်းနစ် (makkang:nac)
Catalan: mecànica (ca) f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 力學／力学 (lik⁶ hok⁶)

Hokkien: 力學／力学 (zh-min-nan) (le̍k-ha̍k)

Mandarin: 力學／力学 (zh) (lìxué)
Czech: mechanika (cs) f
Danish: mekanik c
Dutch: mechanica (nl) f
Estonian: mehaanika
Finnish: mekaniikka (fi)
French: mécanique (fr) f
Galician: mecánica (gl)
Georgian: მექანიკა (mekaniḳa)
German: Mechanik (de) f
Greek: μηχανική (el) f (michanikí)
Ancient: μηχανική f (mēkhanikḗ)
Hebrew: מֶכָנִיקָה (he) f (mekhaniká)
Hindi: यांत्रिकी (hi) f (yāntrikī)
Icelandic: aflfræði f, kraftfræði f
Ido: mekaniko (io)
Indonesian: mekanika (id)
Irish: meicnic f
Italian: meccanica (it) f
Japanese: 力学 (ja) (りきがく, rikigaku)
Kazakh: механика (mexanika)
Khmer: យន្តសិក្សា (yŭəntaʼsəksaa), យន្តសាស្ត្រ (yŭəntaʼsaah)
Korean: 역학(力學) (ko) (yeokhak), 력학(力學) (ryeokhak) (North Korea)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: mekanîk (ku)
Kyrgyz: механика (mehanika)
Lao: ກົນລະສາດ (lo) (kon la sāt)
Latin: mēchanicus m
Latvian: mehānika f
Lithuanian: mechanika f
Luxembourgish: Mechanik f
Macedonian: механика f (mehanika)
Malay: kaji daya, mekanik (ms)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: механик (mn) (mexanik)

Mongolian: ᠮᠧᠬᠠᠨᠢᠭ (mēqanig)
Norwegian: mekanikk
Bokmål: mekanikk m
Old English: weorccræft m
Pashto: ميخانيک m (mexāník)
Persian: مکانیک (fa) (mekânik)
Polish: mechanika (pl) f
Portuguese: mecânica (pt) f
Romanian: mecanică (ro) f
Russian: меха́ника (ru) f (mexánika)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: механика f

Roman: mehànika (sh) f,
Sindhi: ميڪانيات (sd) f
Slovak: mechanika f
Slovene: mehanika (sl) f
Spanish: mecánica (es) f
Swedish: mekanik (sv) c
Tagalog: sigwasan, dalubsigwasan
Tajik: механика (mexanika)
Tatar: механика (mexanika)
Thai: กลศาสตร์ (th) (gon-lá-sàat)
Turkish: mekanik (tr)
Turkmen: mehanika
Ukrainian: меха́ніка f (mexánika)
Urdu: میکانیات pl (mekāniyāt)
Uyghur: مېخانىكا (mëxanika)
Uzbek: mexanika (uz)
Vietnamese: cơ học (vi) (機學)
Yiddish: מעכאַניק (mekhanik)

the design and construction of machines

Bulgarian: машинострое́не n (mašinostroéne)
Icelandic: vélfræði f
Indonesian: mekanika (id)
Russian: машинострое́ние (ru) n (mašinostrojénije)

Etymology 2

Noun

mechanics

plural of mechanic

Anagrams

mischance

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