单词 | rational mechanics |
释义 | > as lemmasrational mechanics rational mechanics n. [compare post-classical Latin mechanica rationalis (1687 in Newton Principia)] the branch of mechanics in which models, propositions, etc., are deduced mathematically from first principles, rather than being derived from experimental evidence. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > mechanics > [noun] > types of mechanics generally rational mechanics1667 statistical mechanics1885 1667 T. Sprat Hist. Royal-Soc. iii. 393 The greatest Part of them [sc. Arts] has bin produc'd, either by Luxury, or chance, or necessity: all which must be confess'd to be mean, and ignoble causes of the Rational Mechanics. 1729 A. Motte tr. I. Newton Math. Princ. Nat. Philos. I. p. ix In this sense Rational Mechanics will be the science of motions resulting from any forces whatsoever and of the forces required to produce any motions, accurately proposed and demonstrated. 1780 W. Ludlam Ess. Newton’s Second Law of Motion 3 Such general principles in rational mechanics, are called rules or Laws of Motion. 1822 F. Horner Life Euler in J. Hewlett tr. L. Euler Elem. Algebra (ed. 3) p. xv The theory of rational mechanics, the whole range of physical astronomy,..were successively subjected to the analytical method. 1977 C. Truesdell First Course Rational Continuum Mech. i. 4 Rational Mechanics is the part of mathematics that provides and develops logical models for the enforced changes of position and shape which we see everyday things suffer. 2001 Philos. Sci. 68 289 The Principia..initiated a remarkable century of achievement in rational mechanics. < as lemmas |
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