Mechanic
noun
A person who fixes cars or machinery.
My car broke down, so I took it to the mechanic.
Often appears as...
- auto mechanic
- aircraft mechanic
adj
Related to the way a machine or the body works.
The mechanic process of digestion turns the food into energy.
Often appears as...
- mechanic effect
- mechanic function
Usage tips
Academic
noun
A person who fixes cars or machinery.
My car broke down, so I took it to the mechanic.
Often appears as...
- auto mechanic
- aircraft mechanic
adj
Related to the way a machine or the body works.
The mechanic process of digestion turns the food into energy.
Often appears as...
- mechanic effect
- mechanic function
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Occupation Specific
Mechanic can indicate a person's job, especially associated with hands-on mechanical work.
After studying, he became a licensed mechanic.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Cars
Though often associated with cars, mechanics can specialize in various types of machinery.
She works as an elevator mechanic.
Pro Tip 3/3Practical Skills
The term implies practical, often manual skills, in repairing and maintaining machines.
A good mechanic can often diagnose a problem just by listening.
Pro Tip 1/3Occupation Specific
Mechanic can indicate a person's job, especially associated with hands-on mechanical work.
After studying, he became a licensed mechanic.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Cars
Though often associated with cars, mechanics can specialize in various types of machinery.
She works as an elevator mechanic.
Pro Tip 3/3Practical Skills
The term implies practical, often manual skills, in repairing and maintaining machines.
A good mechanic can often diagnose a problem just by listening.
Pro Tip 1/3Occupation Specific
Mechanic can indicate a person's job, especially associated with hands-on mechanical work.
After studying, he became a licensed mechanic.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Cars
Though often associated with cars, mechanics can specialize in various types of machinery.
She works as an elevator mechanic.
Pro Tip 3/3Practical Skills
The term implies practical, often manual skills, in repairing and maintaining machines.
A good mechanic can often diagnose a problem just by listening.
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Nathalie Cabrol: How...
but when you go beyond Mars, it's not that easy. Celestial mechanics is not making it so easy for an exchange of material between planets, and so if we were to discover life on those planets, it would be different from us. It would be a different type of life. But in the end, it might be just us,
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Particles and waves: The...
The idea that particles behave like waves, and vice versa, is one of the strangest and most powerful in physics. Richard Feynman famously said that this illustrates the central mystery of quantum mechanics. Everything else follows from this, like pieces of a puzzle falling into place.
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What is the Heisenberg...
The real origin is much deeper and more amazing. The Uncertainty Principle exists because everything in the universe behaves like both a particle and a wave at the same time. In quantum mechanics, the exact position and exact speed of an object have no meaning. To understand this,
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Demystifying quantum...
like a particle but as we add more and more and more electrons all of them together build up a pattern that's characteristic of wave behavior richard fineman famously said that this is experiment in embodies the central mystery of quantum mechanics
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Aaron O'Connell: Making...
about how quantum mechanics says that everything is all interconnected. Well, that's not quite right. It's more than that; it's deeper. It's that those connections, your connections to all the things around you, literally define who you are,
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What can Schrödinger's...
The everyday world you know and love behaves according to the laws of classical mechanics. But systems on the scale of atoms behave according to the laws of quantum mechanics. This quantum world turns out to be a very strange place.
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How does your smartphone...
powered by quantum mechanics. Phew. Let's break that down. First of all, why is it so important to know what time it is on a satellite when location is what we're concerned about? The first thing your phone needs to determine
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Einstein's brilliant...
or spooky action at a distance. He decided that quantum mechanics must be incomplete, a mere approximation of a deeper reality in which both particles have predetermined states that are hidden from us.
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The Northern Lights...
mechanics they're exciting the molecules so that they emit light in characteristic colors if you think about it this is the only time that we really see the Earth's
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Mick-chanic PIPE The Legend...
French but he does know a lot about cars before he fled the modern world he worked as an engineer and a mechanic I got a special tool I use for moments like this
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Nathalie Cabrol: How...
but when you go beyond Mars, it's not that easy. Celestial mechanics is not making it so easy for an exchange of material between planets, and so if we were to discover life on those planets, it would be different from us. It would be a different type of life. But in the end, it might be just us,
Video examples
Particles and waves: The...
The idea that particles behave like waves, and vice versa, is one of the strangest and most powerful in physics. Richard Feynman famously said that this illustrates the central mystery of quantum mechanics. Everything else follows from this, like pieces of a puzzle falling into place.
Video examples
What is the Heisenberg...
The real origin is much deeper and more amazing. The Uncertainty Principle exists because everything in the universe behaves like both a particle and a wave at the same time. In quantum mechanics, the exact position and exact speed of an object have no meaning. To understand this,
Video examples
Demystifying quantum...
like a particle but as we add more and more and more electrons all of them together build up a pattern that's characteristic of wave behavior richard fineman famously said that this is experiment in embodies the central mystery of quantum mechanics
Video examples
Aaron O'Connell: Making...
about how quantum mechanics says that everything is all interconnected. Well, that's not quite right. It's more than that; it's deeper. It's that those connections, your connections to all the things around you, literally define who you are,
Video examples
What can Schrödinger's...
The everyday world you know and love behaves according to the laws of classical mechanics. But systems on the scale of atoms behave according to the laws of quantum mechanics. This quantum world turns out to be a very strange place.
Video examples
How does your smartphone...
powered by quantum mechanics. Phew. Let's break that down. First of all, why is it so important to know what time it is on a satellite when location is what we're concerned about? The first thing your phone needs to determine
Video examples
Einstein's brilliant...
or spooky action at a distance. He decided that quantum mechanics must be incomplete, a mere approximation of a deeper reality in which both particles have predetermined states that are hidden from us.
Video examples
The Northern Lights...
mechanics they're exciting the molecules so that they emit light in characteristic colors if you think about it this is the only time that we really see the Earth's
Video examples
Mick-chanic PIPE The Legend...
French but he does know a lot about cars before he fled the modern world he worked as an engineer and a mechanic I got a special tool I use for moments like this
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Natan Sharansky
Russian Writer
By helping readers understand these mechanics, I hope they will appreciate why freedom is for everyone, why it is essential for our security and why the free world plays a critically important role in advancing democracy around the globe.
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Sally Rooney
Irish Author
Though I have no real understanding of the mechanics of football, and can only nod along helplessly at complex post-match analyses, I do enjoy watching people who are enormously good at something doing that thing very well.
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Winslow Homer
American Artist
You can't get along without a knowledge of the principles and rules governing the influence of one color upon another. A mechanic might as well try to get along without tools.
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Guy Gavriel Kay
Canadian Author
The very best way I can make any reader believe in the nuts and bolts of an art form... is to know the mechanics, to make the characters grounded in convincing detail.
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John Badham
British Director
I would do it today because the thing that appealed to me was not necessarily the mechanics of the robot, but it was his personality and how funny and charming he was.
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Rachel Shenton
British Actress
I'm hoping I can fill a gap by helping to advise people on acting mechanics - the kinds of things that, looking back, I would have really benefited from as a teenager.
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Paul Auster
American Author
Chance is an element of life. What I try to do is study what I call the mechanics of reality as carefully as I can.
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Antony Garrett Lisi
American Physicist
The mathematics of quantum mechanics very accurately describes how our universe works.
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Lucas Till
American Actor
My uncle is a mechanic, and I wish I had paid more attention, but I never did.
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Rachel Kushner
American Writer
I have enormous respect for people who are gifted mechanics.
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Natan Sharansky
Russian Writer
By helping readers understand these mechanics, I hope they will appreciate why freedom is for everyone, why it is essential for our security and why the free world plays a critically important role in advancing democracy around the globe.
Quote examples
Sally Rooney
Irish Author
Though I have no real understanding of the mechanics of football, and can only nod along helplessly at complex post-match analyses, I do enjoy watching people who are enormously good at something doing that thing very well.
Quote examples
Winslow Homer
American Artist
You can't get along without a knowledge of the principles and rules governing the influence of one color upon another. A mechanic might as well try to get along without tools.
Quote examples
Guy Gavriel Kay
Canadian Author
The very best way I can make any reader believe in the nuts and bolts of an art form... is to know the mechanics, to make the characters grounded in convincing detail.
Quote examples
John Badham
British Director
I would do it today because the thing that appealed to me was not necessarily the mechanics of the robot, but it was his personality and how funny and charming he was.
Quote examples
Rachel Shenton
British Actress
I'm hoping I can fill a gap by helping to advise people on acting mechanics - the kinds of things that, looking back, I would have really benefited from as a teenager.
Quote examples
Paul Auster
American Author
Chance is an element of life. What I try to do is study what I call the mechanics of reality as carefully as I can.
Quote examples
Antony Garrett Lisi
American Physicist
The mathematics of quantum mechanics very accurately describes how our universe works.
Quote examples
Lucas Till
American Actor
My uncle is a mechanic, and I wish I had paid more attention, but I never did.
Quote examples
Rachel Kushner
American Writer
I have enormous respect for people who are gifted mechanics.
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