rational mechanics
noun
The branch of mechanics in which models, propositions, etc., are deduced mathematically from first principles, rather than being derived from experimental evidence.
Origin
Mid 17th century; earliest use found in Thomas Sprat (d. 1713), bishop of Rochester.
- ionization gage
- ionization gauge
- ionization potential
- ionize
- ionizer
- ionizing potential
- ionizing radiation
- ionogen
- ionogenic
- ionogram
- ionographic
- ionography
- ionomer
- ionone
- ionopause
- ionophone
- ionophore
- ionophoresis
- ionophoric
- ionophorous
- ionosonde
- ionosphere
- ionospheric
- ionospherically
- ionosphericist