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ˌbiomeˈchanics
[bio-.]
The study of the mechanical laws relating to the movement or structure of living organisms. So ˌbiomeˈchanical a., pertaining or relating to biomechanics.
1933Stedman Med. Dict. (ed. 12) 134/1 Biomechanics, the science of the action of forces, internal or external, on the living body. 1941J. S. Huxley Uniqueness of Man i. 9 Specialization is one-sided progress, and after a..time, reaches a biomechanical limit. The horse stock cannot reduce its digits below one;..feathered flight cannot become aerodynamically more efficient than in existing birds. 1951Engineering 23 Feb. 226/2 Their subject covers what have been described as biotechnology, biomechanics, human engineering,..engineering psychology. 1970Physics Bull. June 264/1 A biomechanical investigation of the human hearing mechanism.
b. Russ. Theatre. [cf. Russ. biomekhanika.] Also bioˈmechanism. (See quots.)
1924H. Carter New Theatre & Cinema in Soviet Russia vi. 67 He [sc. Meierhold] established a studio of bio-mechanics [in 1921]. Ibid. 70 The principles of bio-mechanics..became systematically applied by him in the R.S.F.S.R. theatre in Petrograd from 1918 to 1922. Ibid., The laws of bio-mechanics are founded on the study of the physiological construction of man. The system aims to produce men who understand the mechanism and laws of their structure and can, therefore, use it perfectly. It has established a principle of analysis by which each movement of the body can be differentiated and made fully expressive. 1930P. England tr. Fülöp-Miller & Gregor's Russ. Theatre 68 The classical example of bio-mechanism is the comedy The Magnificent Cuckold. In this the movements of the performers were so standardized that they seemed to obey some geometric law... Large revolving wheels were also employed, in order to register the various emotions that prevailed from time to time in the breasts of the actors. |