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 |
| fluid drive | an automotive power coupling |
| fluid flywheel | a kind of fluid coupling in which the flywheel is the driving rotor |
liquid body substance
bodily fluid
body fluid
humor
humour | the liquid parts of the body |
extracellular fluid
ECF | liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid, the body normally has about quarts of extracellular fluid |
| interstitial fluid | liquid found between the cells of the body that provides much of the liquid environment of the body |
| intracellular fluid | liquid contained inside the cell membranes (usually containing dissolved solutes) |
amniotic fluid
amnionic fluid
waters | the serous fluid in which the embryo is suspended inside the amnion, before a woman gives birth her waters break |
semen
seed
seminal fluid
ejaculate
cum
come | the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract |
digestive juice
digestive fluid | secretions that aid digestion |
synovia
synovial fluid | viscid lubricating fluid secreted by the membrane lining joints and tendon sheaths etc. |
spinal fluid
cerebrospinal fluid | clear liquid produced in the ventricles of the brain, fills and protects cavities in the brain and spinal cord |
Pascal's law
Pascal's law of fluid pressures | pressure applied anywhere to a body of fluid causes a force to be transmitted equally in all directions, the force acts at right angles to any surface in contact with the fluid, the hydraulic press is an application of Pascal's law |
| 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 |
| fluidram fluid dram fluid drachm drachm | a unit of capacity or volume in the apothecary system equal to one eighth of a fluid ounce |
| fluidounce fluid ounce | a United States unit of capacity or volume equal to . cubic inches |
| fluidram fluid dram fluid drachm drachm | a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal tominims or . cubic centimeters |
| fluidounce fluid ounce | a British imperial unit of capacity or volume (liquid or dry) equal to fluid drams or . cubic centimeters (. cubic inches) |
drilling mud
drilling fluid | a mixture of clays and chemicals and water, pumped down the drill pipe to lubricate and cool the drilling bit and to flush out the cuttings and to strengthen the sides of the hole |
| fluid | continuous amorphous matter that tends to flow and to conform to the outline of its container: a liquid or a gas |
| fluid | a substance that is fluid at room temperature and pressure |
fluid
unstable | subject to change, variable, a fluid situation fraught with uncertainty, everything was unstable following the coup |
| fluid mobile | affording change (especially in social status), Britain is not a truly fluid society, upwardly mobile |
fluid
liquid | in cash or easily convertible to cash, liquid (or fluid) assets |
fluent fluid
liquid
smooth | smooth and unconstrained in movement, a long, smooth stride, the fluid motion of a cat, the liquid grace of a ballerina |
fluid
runny | characteristic of a fluid, capable of flowing and easily changing shape |