mechanism
mechanics | the technical aspects of doing something, a mechanism of social control, mechanisms of communication, the mechanics of prose style |
| airplane mechanics | the craft of building and repairing airplanes |
| auto mechanics | the craft of building and repairing automobiles |
| motor control | control of muscles |
automobile horn
car horn
motor horn
horn hooter | a device on an automobile for making a warning noise |
bicycle
bike
wheel cycle | a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals |
bicycle-built-for-two
tandem bicycle
tandem | a bicycle with two sets of pedals and two seats |
| bicycle chain | a chain that transmits the power from the pedals to the rear wheel of a bicycle |
bicycle clip
trouser clip | a clip worn around a cyclist's ankles that keeps trousers from becoming caught in the bicycle chain |
| bicycle pump | a small pump that fills bicycle tires with air |
| bicycle rack | a rack for parking bicycles |
bicycle seat
saddle | a seat for the rider of a bicycle |
| bicycle wheel | the wheel of a bicycle |
camper
camping bus
motor home | a recreational vehicle equipped for camping out while traveling |
diesel
diesel engine
diesel motor | an internalombustion engine that burns heavy oil |
| electric motor | a motor that converts electricity to mechanical work |
| motor | machine that converts other forms of energy into mechanical energy and so imparts motion |
motor hotel
motor inn
motor lodge
tourist court
court | a hotel for motorists, provides direct access from rooms to parking area |
motor scooter
scooter | a wheeled vehicle with small wheels and a low-powered gasoline engine geared to the rear wheel |
motor vehicle
automotive vehicle | a self-propelled wheeled vehicle that does not run on rails |
| ordinary ordinary bicycle | an early bicycle with a very large front wheel and small back wheel |
outboard motor
outboard | internalombustion engine that mounts at stern of small boat |
power mower
motor mower | a lawn mower powered by a gasoline motor |
PT boat
mosquito boat
mosquito craft
motor torpedo boat | a small fast unarmored and lightly armed torpedo boat, P(atrol) T(orpedo) boat |
safety bicycle
safety bike | bicycle that has two wheels of equal size, pedals are connected to the rear wheel by a multiplying gear |
starter starter motor
starting motor | an electric motor for starting an engine |
stepper
stepping motor | a motor (especially an electric motor) that moves or rotates in small discrete steps |
| synchronous motor | electric motor in which the speed of rotation is proportional to the frequency of the A.C. power |
| wiper motor | electric motor that moves the windshield wiper |
end-plate
endplate
motor end plate | the flattened end of a motor neuron that transmits neural impulses to a muscle |
motor neuron
efferent neuron
motor nerve fiber
motoneuron | a neuron conducting impulses outwards from the brain or spinal cord |
motor nerve
efferent nerve
efferent | a nerve that conveys impulses toward or to muscles or glands |
motor fiber
efferent fiber | a nerve fiber that carries impulses toward the muscles or glands |
motor area
motor region
motor cortex
Rolando's area
excitable area | the cortical area that influences motor movements |
pyramidal tract
pyramidal motor system
corticospinal tract | any of the important motor nerves on each side of the central nervous system that run from the sensorimotor areas of the cortex through the brainstem to motor neurons of the cranial nerve nuclei and the ventral root of the spinal cord |
motor memory
muscle memory | your memory for motor skills |
| celestial mechanics | the branch of astronomy concerned with the application of Newton's laws of motion to the motions of heavenly bodies |
| mechanics | the branch of physics concerned with the motion of bodies in a frame of reference |
| wave mechanics | the modern form of quantum theory, an extension of quantum mechanics based on Schrodinger's equation, atomic events are explained as interactions between particle waves |
classical mechanics
Newtonian mechanics | the branch of mechanics based on Newton's laws of motion |
| statistical mechanics | the branch of physics that makes theoretical predictions about the behavior of macroscopic systems on the basis of statistical laws governing its component particles |
| quantum mechanics | the branch of quantum physics that accounts for matter at the atomic level, an extension of statistical mechanics based on quantum theory (especially the Pauli exclusion principle) |
fluid mechanics
hydraulics | study of the mechanics of fluids |
| bicycle race | a race between people riding bicycles |
| motor pool | a fleet of military vehicles controlled by a single agency and available for use as needed |
| bicycle traffic | bicycles coming and going |
Detroit
Motor City
Motown | the largest city in Michigan and a major Great Lakes port, center of the United States automobile industry, located in southeastern Michigan on the Detroit river across from Windsor |
| motor | a nonspecific agent that imparts motion, happiness is the aim of all men and the motor of all action |
automobile mechanic
auto-mechanic
car-mechanic
mechanic grease monkey | someone whose occupation is repairing and maintaining automobiles |
machinist
mechanic
shop mechanic | a craftsman skilled in operating machine tools |