Any part of a mechanism that exercises some form of logical control, such as a ratchet, trip, detent or interlock.

plural of logical mechanical element

Alternative spelling of electromechanical computer

plural of electro-mechanical computer

(physics) The branch of physics which studies matter and energy at the level of atoms and other elementary particles, and substitutes probabilistic mechanisms in place of classical Newtonian ones.

Referring to a period before the mechanization of farming or some other human activity.

(chemistry) the ordered set of individual reactions whose overall effect is given by a chemical equation

The branch of the modern military that is transported by light fast vehicles (including jeeps and helicopters), now serving the function historically provided by a horse cavalry.

(physics) Early classical mechanics as propounded by Isaac Newton, especially that based on his laws of motion and theory of gravity.

(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).