Phrase Hound found 34 phrases and 26 compound words that contain mechanics. The most common are listed below. Open mechanics in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 34
- quantum mechanicsThe branch of physics which studies matter and energy at the level of atoms and other elementary particles, and substitutes probabilistic mechanisms in place of classical Newtonian ones.
- fluid mechanicsThe branch of mechanics dealing with gases and liquids, either at rest or in motion.
- statistical mechanicsThe branch of physics that uses statistical laws to make theoretical predictions about macroscopic systems of particles.
- celestial mechanicsThe dynamics of celestial bodies subject to mutual gravitational attraction.
- classical mechanicsAll of the physical laws of nature that account for the behaviour of the normal world, but break down when dealing with the very small (see quantum mechanics) or the very fast or very heavy (see relativity).
- soil mechanicsThe application of mechanics (especially fluid mechanics) to soils, especially as a basis for the design and construction of building foundations and earthworks.
- wave mechanicsThe mathematical basis for quantum mechanics in which light and subatomic particles have the characteristics of both waves and particles.
- continuum mechanicsA branch of mechanics that deals with the deformation of and transmission of forces through materials modeled as a continuous medium rather than as discrete particles.
- analytic mechanicsThe application of calculus to classical mechanics.
- matrix mechanicsThe original formulation of quantum mechanics in which the operators were represented by time-dependent matrices.
- Bohmian mechanicsa version or interpretation of quantum mechanics which uses pilot waves instead of the Copenhagen interpretation.
- auto mechanicsplural of auto mechanic: A person skilled in repairing and maintaining automobiles and other motor vehicles.
- mechanics' instituteA kind of educational establishment originally formed to provide adult education, particularly in technical subjects, to working men in Victorian-era Britain and its colonies, and often funded by local industrialists.
- mechanics' institutionSynonym of mechanics' institute: A kind of educational establishment originally formed to provide adult education, particularly in technical subjects, to working men in Victorian-era Britain and its colonies, and often funded by local …
- molecular mechanicsA non-rigorous method of computing the structures, energies, and some properties of molecules by assuming they behave like small balls connected by springs.
- particle mechanicsThe study of the motion of individual particles.
- rock mechanicsThe science that studies the mechanical behaviour of rock.
- orbital mechanicsAstrodynamics; the study of the movement of vehicles in space.
- relativistic mechanicsThe mechanics of objects moving at speeds comparable to the speed of light; per special and general relativity.
- Lagrangian mechanicsA formulation of classical mechanics in terms of energy and action rather than forces, mathematically expressed by a function termed the Lagrangian.
- Newtonian mechanicsEarly classical mechanics as propounded by Isaac Newton, especially that based on his laws of motion and theory of gravity.
- relativistic quantum mechanicsAny Poincaré-covariant formulation of quantum mechanics.
- nonrelativistic mechanicsThe mechanics of objects moving at velocities considerably less than the speed of light.
- nonquantum mechanicsclassical or Newtonian mechanics rather than quantum mechanics.
- body mechanicsA form of physiotherapy used to correct body posture and movement.
Compound words 26
- magnomechanicsThe mechanics of magnons
- poromechanicsThe study of porous materials.
- mecomtronicsThe combined disciplines of mechanics, computers, telecommunications and electronics; robotics.
- biomechanicsThe branch of biophysics that deals with the mechanics of the human or animal body; especially concerned with muscles and the skeleton.
- MechanicsvilleA neighbourhood of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
- geomechanicsThe mechanics of rocks and soil.
- micromechanicsThe design and manufacture of micromechanisms.
- aeromechanicsThe branch of mechanics that deals with the motion of gases; it comprises aerostatics and aerodynamics
- electromechanicsthe engineering aspects of devices that are controlled by electrostatics or electromagnetics
- nanomechanicsThe study of the mechanical properties of nanostructures and nanomaterials