mechanical motion

collocation in English

meaningsofmechanicalandmotion

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mechanical
adjective
uk
/məˈkæn.ɪ.kəl/us
/məˈkæn.ɪ.kəl/
operated by a machine, or connected with machines or ...
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motion
noun
uk
/ˈməʊ.ʃən/us
/ˈmoʊ.ʃən/
the act or process of moving, or a particular action ...
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This result is consistent withmechanicalmotionwhere constant acceleration (and hence linear velocity) is considered to be a special case of motion.
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Under the skin are sensors that make it more sensitive than a human and 42 actuators that translate electrical signals intomechanicalmotion.
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For example, the process of electricity generation takesmechanicalmotionas input and produces electrical energy as output.
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Wave energy converters extract wave energy and convert it into a useful form, usually throughmechanicalmotionor fluid pressure.
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The technical challenge was to transmit the power to the climber and transform it intomechanicalmotion, efficiently and reliably.
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Along with nuclear dynamics problem, electronic structure problem is one of the two steps to study quantummechanicalmotionof a molecular system.
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They are an artistic form ofmechanicalmotion.
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Electric motors convert electrical energy intomechanicalmotion, pneumatic motors use compressed air and otherssuch as clockwork motors in wind-up toysuse elastic energy.
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In commercial devices, piezoelectric, piezoresistive and capacitive components are commonly used to convert themechanicalmotioninto an electrical signal.
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Unfortunately, these ensemble evolution equations inherit much of the complexity of the underlingmechanicalmotion, and so exact solutions are very difficult to obtain.
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Natural science has made much progress by assuming the existence of matter andmechanicalmotion.
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The piezo-electric material within this scanner converts a change in the applied potential intomechanicalmotionwhich moves the samples with nanometer resolution and accuracy.
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Asmechanicalmotionis transmitted through water to the neuromast, the cupula bends and is displaced.
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The principle was stated only formechanicalmotion.
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Mechanicalmotioncapture systems are real-time, relatively low-cost, free-of-occlusion, and wireless (untethered) systems that have unlimited capture volume.
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Themechanicalmotionof the micro-structure is sensed either electronically or optically.
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Themechanicalmotionproduced can be used to produce electricity through flexing of a piezoelectric material or through a linear generator.
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Using boiling water to producemechanicalmotiongoes back over 2000 years, but early devices were not practical.
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Piezoelectric materials have wide applications as transducers - transferringmechanicalmotioninto electricity or electricity intomechanicalmotion.
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But, as a quantummechanicalmotion, it is thermally excited at relatively (as compared to vibration) low temperatures.
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