mechanics

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /məˈkænɪks/

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

mechanics (uncountable)

2. (physics) The branch of physics that deals with the action of forces on material objects with mass
3. The design and construction of machines.
4. (writing) Spelling and punctuation.
5. 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

• aeromechanics
• analytic mechanics
• atomechanics
• biomechanics
• bionanomechanics
• body mechanics
• Bohmian mechanics
• celestial mechanics
• chemomechanics
• classical mechanics
• cytomechanics
• ecomechanics
• electromechanics
• fluid mechanics
• gas mechanics
• geomechanics
• hereditary mechanics
• hydromechanics
• Lagrangian mechanics
• magnetomechanics
• magnomechanics
• matrix mechanics
• mechatronics
• mecomtronics
• mesomechanics
• micromechanics
• molecular mechanics
• morphomechanics
• nanomechanics
• neuromechanics
• Newtonian mechanics
• nonquantum mechanics
• nonrelativistic mechanics
• optomechanics
• orbital mechanics
• particle mechanics
• pathobiomechanics
• pathomechanics
• poromechanics
• psychomechanics
• quantum mechanics
• rational mechanics
• relativistic mechanics
• rock mechanics
• soil mechanics
• statistical mechanics
• telemechanics
• thermomechanics
• wave mechanics

 

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: lực học (力學), 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

1. plural of mechanic

Anagrams

• mischance