zoomechanics, n.

zoomechanics
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# † zoomechanicsnoun

## Factsheet

### What does the noun zoomechanics mean?

There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun zoomechanics. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

This word is now obsolete. It is last recorded around the 1900s.

### Where does the noun zoomechanics come from?

Earliest known use

1880s

The earliest known use of the noun zoomechanics is in the 1880s.

OED's earliest evidence for zoomechanics is from 1888, in Encyclopædia Britannica.

### Nearby entries

1. Zoom, v.² 2014–
2. zoom, int. 1856–
3. zoomable, adj. 1972–
4. zoomagnetism, n. 1824–
5. zooman, n. 1871–
6. zoomancy, n. 1888–
7. zoomania, n. 1807–
8. zoomantist, n. 1861
9. Zoomar, n. 1946–
10. zoomechanical, adj. 1897
11. zoomechanics, n.1888–1903
12. zoomelanin, n. 1858–
13. zoometric, adj. 1892–
14. zoometry, n. 1878–
15. zooming, n. 1892–
16. zooming, adj. 1904–
17. zoom lens, n. 1932–
18. zoomorph, n. 1883–
19. zoomorphic, adj. 1849–
20. zoomorphism, n. 1822–
21. zoomorphize, v. 1940–

## Meaning & use

Obsolete.

1. 1888–1903
   (Originally) = zoodynamics n.; (in later use) the application of mechanical principles to the movement and structure of animal organisms (cf. biomechanics n. 1).
   1. 1888

      > Zoo-mechanics, zoo-physics, zoo-chemistry.

      Encyclopædia Britannica vol. XXIV. 814/2 (heading)
   2. 1897

      > To tack on the word ‘mechanics’ to zoology and re-christen it ‘zoomechanics’ in a general philosophical sense is not to create a new science.

      Natural Science June 412
   3. 1903

      > The whole phenomenon of Ampullarian locomotion..suggest a series of problems in zoo-mechanics which need thorough investigation.

      Journal Malacology vol. 10 113
   animals
   1. zoodynamics 1888–
      (In plural with singular agreement) (the branch of science that deals with) the processes and functions of living animal organisms; animal physiology.
   2. zoomechanics 1888–1903
      (Originally) = zoodynamics, n.; (in later use) the application of mechanical principles to the movement and structure of animal organisms (cf. biomech…
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Originally published as part of the entry for zoo-, comb. form

zoo-, comb. form was revised in June 2017.