Synonyms: mechanics, mechanism
Definition: the technical aspects of doing something
Usage: a mechanism of social control; mechanisms of communication; the mechanics of prose style
Similar words: performance, carrying into action, carrying out, execution
Definition: the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it
Usage: they criticised his performance as mayor; experience generally improves performance
Synonyms: mechanics
Definition: the branch of physics concerned with the motion of bodies in a frame of reference
Similar words: physics, natural philosophy
Definition: the science of matter and energy and their interactions
Usage: his favorite subject was physics