CLASSICAL MECHANICS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does classical mechanics mean? 

• CLASSICAL MECHANICS (noun)
  The noun CLASSICAL MECHANICS has 1 sense:

1. the branch of mechanics based on Newton's laws of motion

  Familiarity information: CLASSICAL MECHANICS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLASSICAL MECHANICS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The branch of mechanics based on Newton's laws of motion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

classical mechanics; Newtonian mechanics

Hypernyms ("classical mechanics" is a kind of...):

mechanics (the branch of physics concerned with the motion of bodies in a frame of reference)

 Context examples 

In classical mechanics a complete description of any physical system is supposed to be specified by giving the values of the various fields (e.g., the electric field, the magnetic field, etc.) at each of the relevant spacetime points.

(Classical Mechanics, NCI Thesaurus)