English Explanatory Dictionary

mechanics

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/məˈkænɪks/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Denendaden-mechanics.wav

Word forms

mechanics

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-der.? Ancient Greek μηχᾰνή (mēkhănḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek μηχᾰνῐκός (mēkhănĭkós)bor. Latin mēchanicusbor. English mechanics From Latin mēchanicus, from Ancient Greek μηχανικός (mēkhanikós), from μηχανή (mēkhanḗ, “machine, tool”).

Derived words

aeromechanics analytic mechanics atomechanics biomechanics bionanomechanics body mechanics Bohmian mechanics celestial mechanics chemomechanics classical mechanics continuum 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
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