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noun Physics.

a formulation of non-relativistic quantum mechanics in which physical quantities are represented by matrices and matrix algebra is used to predict the outcome of physical measurements.

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Local mechanics pitched in to help mend the craft, but weeks into setting off the repairs wore thin and the vessel sprung a leak.
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This is secured only by right objects of thought; it is impossible to reach it by voluntary mechanics.
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Carpenter were the leaders, and this is claimed to have been the origin of Mechanics' Institutes.
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These include materials furnished, also the wages of clerks, servants, laborers and mechanics.
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The matrix or die is placed in a power press and the records pressed from the material used in making the sound records.
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