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say it: muh-KAN-iks
mechanics is a noun meaning "the branch of physics concerned with the motion of bodies in a frame of reference". It is pronounced /məˈkænɪks/ — muh-KAN-iks. It carries 2 recorded senses.
the branch of physics concerned with the motion of bodies in a frame of reference
the technical aspects of doing something
“a mechanism of social control”
“mechanisms of communication”
“the mechanics of prose style”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for mechanics come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.