biomechanics

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It's a marriage of applied science, biomechanics, and physics.

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  1. noun The study of the mechanics of a living body, especially of the forces exerted by muscles and gravity on the skeletal structure.
  2. noun The mechanics of a part or function of a living body, such as of the heart or of locomotion.

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  • Racing flats have been left to those with perfect biomechanics, runners who don't weight much, or the super-fast. —  Running Advice and News
  • Topics included anatomy, biomechanics, basic physiology, metabolism, programming, and intensity among others. —  CrossFit: Forging Elite Fitness
  • "And to understand and emulate biophysics and biomechanics, to build a device based on what nature gives us, is of course one of the dreams of nanotechnology." —  PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories
  • It's a marriage of applied science, biomechanics, and physics. —  Quickrelease.tv
  • The science of copying nature, known as biomimetics, is not altogether new - think radar, Velcro and da Vinci's flying machines - but it is garnering increasing attention, with anything from the biomechanics of frog legs, to the sensing ability of rat's whiskers, being used as a basis for new inventions ...
 

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