analytic mechanics

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The application of calculus to classical mechanics.

Word forms

analytic mechanics

Etymology

Calque from French Mécanique analytique, a 1788–1789 book by Joseph-Louis Lagrange.

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