(mechanics) The system of mechanics based upon Newton's laws of motion in which mass and energy are considered as separate, conservative, mechanical properties, in contrast to their treatment in relativistic mechanics.
Newtonian mechanics
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the branch of mechanics based on Newton's laws of motion
Synonym: classical mechanics
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- internal mechanical environment (industrial engineering)
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- Heinrich Rudolf Hertz (philosophy)
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- electrofluid (fluid mechanics)
- wave mechanics
- Henri Poincaré
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- Alexis Claude Clairaut (French mathematical physicist)
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