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Definition of Classical mechanics
1. Noun. The branch of mechanics based on Newton's laws of motion.
Definition of Classical mechanics
1. Noun. (physics) all of the physical laws of nature that account for the behaviour of the normal world, but break down when dealing with the very small (see quantum mechanics) or the very fast or very heavy (see relativity) ¹
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Literary usage of Classical mechanics
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Relativity: The Special and General Theory by Albert Einstein (1921)
"WE have already stated several times that classical mechanics starts out from the
... Both in classical mechanics and in the special theory of relativity we ..."
2. Cartanian Geometry, Nonlinear Waves, and Control Theory by Robert Hermann (1979)
"INTRODUCTION SYMPLECTIC STRUCTURES It has been known for one hundred years (beginning
from the work of Lie himself) that classical mechanics has a strong ..."
3. Quantum Statistical Mechanics and Lie Group Harmonic Analysis by Norman Hurt, Robert Hermann (1980)
"We have various choices for interpreting “classical mechanics” as the limit
of “quantum mechanics”. In the most straightforward mathematical way we ..."
4. Natural Philosophy by Wilhelm Ostwald (1910)
"The field of pure or classical mechanics is limited to the above two kinds of
energy, work and kinetic energy, though these do not exhaust the manifoldness ..."
5. Yang-Mills, Kaluza-Klein, and the Einstein Program by Robert Hermann (1978)
"R. Hermann, Spectrum—generating algebras in classical mechanics, I & II, J Math
Phys. ... R. Hermann, Left invariant geodesics and classical mechanics on ..."
6. Geometry of Non-Linear Differential Equations, Backlund Transformations, and by Robert Hermann (1976)
"... and that this structure plays a key role in both quantum and classical mechanics.
My aim here is to describe a little known side of this structure ..."
7. Einstein's Theories of Relativity and Gravitation: A Selection of Material by James Malcolm Bird, Albert Einstein (1921)
"Einstein effected this reconciliation by detecting a flaw in classical mechanics.
He showed that by regarding space and time measurements as relative to ..."
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