noun
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quantum mechanics
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■ ADJECTIVE
classical
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For the purpose of discussion we shall consider a conservative force in classical mechanics and we shall work in space only.
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Moreover, the specific Newtonian scheme has given rise to a remarkable body of mathematical ideas known as classical mechanics .
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First let us establish how the geodesic equation simplifies when the motion can be described approximately by classical mechanics .
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It tells us, in effect, that classical mechanics can not actually be true of our world!
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In classical mechanics one can predict the results of measuring both the position and the velocity of a particle.
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The new wine of quantum theory was soon bursting the old wineskins of classical mechanics .
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The rays of geometrical optics are not unlike the particle trajectories of classical mechanics .
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This again shows how the metric connections correspond to the inertial accelerations and forces of classical mechanics .
fluid
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This depends primarily on the branch of fluid mechanics being studied.
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The first, conservation of mass, is known in fluid mechanics as the continuity equation.
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It embraces fluid mechanics and viscous flow as well as elasticity and shows the relations between these formerly separate fields of physics.
newtonian
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According to Newtonian mechanics the orbital decay for an isolated binary consisting of compact stars is expected to be immeasurably small.
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This theory is now subsumed by Newtonian mechanics .
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Instead of the clarity and precision of Newtonian mechanics , we have to be content with a more fuzzy account of affairs.
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But then, Newtonian mechanics appeared precisely accurate, until Relativity was discovered.
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The relation of the one continuum to the other is not possible using Newtonian mechanics .
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Tidal stress and gravitational asymmetries had pulled the sphere out of shape. Newtonian mechanics had done the rest.
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Now if we wish to use Newtonian mechanics we must relate velocity and acceleration to the same particle.
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Calculations using Newtonian mechanics predict a precession of 532 arcsec per century.
■ NOUN
auto
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In contrast, the United States has dozens of individual skill standards and certificates-for everything from auto mechanics to architects-but no system.
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He was an auto mechanic who took good care of his family.
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She and her husband, Joe, an auto mechanic , have taken their first airplane trips.
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If the preceding sentence suggests to you something your auto mechanic might say, then I have a Web site for you.
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It consisted of three auto mechanics , a sanitation man, and two foremen.
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Like the guy I told her was an auto mechanic .
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He wanted to be an auto mechanic , but, really, he pumped gas.
car
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In most big cities advertisements for workers, from plumbers to car mechanics , go unanswered for weeks.
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He showed it to a car mechanic , who kept it five weeks without looking at it.
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Amelia began to feel better-the essay she wrote on car mechanics , a course requirement, won first prize.
continuum
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This subject is broadly termed continuum mechanics and is an academic discipline in its own right.
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In large-strain elasticity and in continuum mechanics the stress-strain law is non-linear and W is no longer a quadratic function of the strains.
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There is in fact a great need for research in this area of the applicability of continuum mechanics .
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This new textbook describes the Boundary Element Method, a powerful and accurate computational technique in continuum mechanics .
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The continuum mechanics approach Continuum mechanics is a more general theory than elasticity theory.
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At the beginning of the century it was believed that everything could be understood in terms of continuum mechanics .
garage
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Women rarely want to become garage mechanics .
quantum
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It seems that the weight of the evidence is in favour of quantum mechanics and against local reality.
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In fact, according to the rules of quantum mechanics , what is happening is even more mysterious than that!
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In such strong fields the effects of quantum mechanics should be important.
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We have learnt that, according to quantum mechanics , even a single particle must behave like a wave all by itself.
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This paucity of information arises from the role that uncertainty has in quantum mechanics .
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It is a striking feature of quantum mechanics , however, that for identical particles the rules are different.
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We are now able to understand why our information about the states of motion is so restricted in quantum mechanics .
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To understand quantum mechanics , we must come to terms with complex-number weightings.
■ VERB
work
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He sold it after four years and worked as a mechanic until he retired in 1966.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And the re-enlistment rate for first-term mechanics had nearly doubled.
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But the manual merely provides its owner with the game mechanics.
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I learnt my quantum mechanics, so to speak, straight from the horse's mouth.
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Infants quickly catch on to the mechanics, and the whole process begins to work more smoothly.
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Instead of the clarity and precision of Newtonian mechanics, we have to be content with a more fuzzy account of affairs.
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She and her husband, Joe, an auto mechanic , have taken their first airplane trips.
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This paucity of information arises from the role that uncertainty has in quantum mechanics.
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This was the first indication that quantum mechanics might remove the singularities that were predicted by general relativity.