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Branch of physics dealing with the motions of
bodies and the forces causing these motions,
and also with the forces acting on bodies in
equilibrium. It is usually divided into
dynamics and statics. Quantum mechanics is
the system based on the quantum theory that
has superseded Newtonian mechanics in the
interpretation of physical phenomena on the
atomic scale.