星球 xīng qiú celestial body (e.g. planet, satellite etc) / heavenly body syn 轨道 軌道 guǐ dào track (for trains etc) / orbit (of a satellite) / (fig.) a person's established path in life / desired trajectory (of a business or other endeavor) / (audio engineering) track / (quantum mechanics) orbital syn 运行 運行 yùn xíng (of celestial bodies etc) to move along one's course / (fig.) to function / to be in operation / (of a train service etc) to operate / to run / (of a computer) to run syn 扭转 扭轉 niǔ zhuǎn to reverse / to turn around (an undesirable situation) / (mechanics) torsion syn 天体 天體 tiān tǐ celestial body / nude body syn 星体 星體 xīng tǐ celestial body (planet, satellite etc) syn 仙人 xiān rén Daoist immortal / celestial being syn 赤道 chì dào equator (of the earth or a celestial body) / celestial equator 离合器 離合器 lí hé qì clutch (mechanics) syn 自转 自轉 zì zhuàn (of a celestial body) to rotate on its own axis 星象 xīng xiàng aspect of the celestial bodies (used for navigation and astrology) 推杆 推桿 tuī gān push rod or tappet (mechanics) / putter (golf) / to putt (golf) syn 量子力学 量子力學 liàng zǐ lì xué quantum mechanics 机件 機件 jī jiàn component (mechanics) syn 力学 力學 lì xué mechanics / to study hard 马赫 馬赫 mǎ hè Mach (name) / Ernst Mach (1838-1916), German physicist / Mach number (fluid mechanics) 主轴 主軸 zhǔ zhóu axis / principal axis (in mechanics, optics, botany etc) / main axle (of engine) syn 导轨 導軌 dǎo guǐ (mechanics) guide rail / slideway 流体力学 流體力學 liú tǐ lì xué fluid mechanics / hydrodynamics 天马 天馬 tiān mǎ (mythology) celestial horse / fine horse / Ferghana horse / (Western mythology) Pegasus 天帝 tiān dì God of heaven / Celestial emperor 天朝 tiān cháo Celestial Empire, tributary title conferred on imperial China / Taiping Heavenly Kingdom 天兵 tiān bīng celestial soldier / (old) imperial troops / (Tw, jocular) clumsy army recruit / (more generally) bungler / screw-up syn 露台 露臺 lù tái balcony / patio / flat roof / terrace / deck (unroofed platform) / outdoor stage / ancient imperial celestial observation terrace 内耗 內耗 nèi hào internal friction / internal dissipation of energy (in mechanics) / fig. waste or discord within an organization 分野 fēn yě dividing line between distinct realms / boundary / field-allocation (in Chinese astrology, the association between celestial regions and corresponding terrestrial realms) syn 土力学 土力學 tǔ lì xué soil mechanics 天球 tiān qiú celestial sphere 惯量 慣量 guàn liàng inertia (mechanics) 祜 hù celestial blessing syn 躔 chán (literary) animal tracks / the course of a celestial body / (of a celestial body) to follow its course 天兵天将 天兵天將 tiān bīng tiān jiàng celestial troops and generals (idiom) / fig. superior forces 连续介质力学 連續介質力學 lián xù jiè zhì lì xué mechanics of a continuous medium / fluid mechanics 仙气 仙氣 xiān qì ethereal quality / (Chinese folklore) a puff of breath from the mouth of a celestial being, which can magically transform an object into sth else 天人 tiān rén Man and Heaven / celestial being 瑶之圃 瑤之圃 yáo zhī pǔ jade garden of celestial ruler / paradise 五斗米道 wǔ dǒu mǐ dào Way of the Five Pecks of Rice (Taoist movement) / Way of the Celestial Master 天体观测卫星 Celestial Observation Satellite 国际天球参考系 國際天球參考系 International Celestial Reference System 指导各国在月球和其他天体上活动的协定 指導各國在月球和其他天體上活動的協定 Agreement Governing the Activities of States on the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies / Moon Agreement 月球协定 月球協定 yuè qiú xié dìng Agreement Governing the Activities of States on the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies / Moon Agreement 天文导航 天文導航 tiān wén dǎo háng celestial navigation / astronavigation 外空条约 外空條約 Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies / Outer Space Treaty 国际天球参考框架 國際天球參考框架 International Celestial Reference Frame 嫏嬛 láng huán mythical place where the Celestial Emperor stores his books / (fig.) library 天球赤道 tiān qiú chì dào celestial equator 兲朝 tiān cháo (derog.) the Chinese Communist regime (variant of 天朝[Tian1 chao2] Celestial Empire, invented to circumvent censorship) 历数 曆數 lì shù (literary) movements of celestial bodies / destiny / calendar system syn 牛顿力学 牛頓力學 niú dùn lì xué Newtonian mechanics 三体问题 三體問題 sān tǐ wèn tí three-body problem (mechanics) 转动惯量 轉動慣量 zhuǎn dòng guàn liàng moment of inertia (mechanics) 力偶 lì ǒu moment of forces (mechanics) 态叠加 態疊加 tài dié jiā superposition of states (quantum mechanics) 惯性系 慣性系 guàn xìng xì inertial system / inertial frame (mechanics) 波函数 波函數 bō hán shù wave function (in quantum mechanics) 波动力学 波動力學 bō dòng lì xué wave mechanics (physics) 波粒二象性 bō lì èr xiàng xìng wave-particle duality in quantum mechanics 简谐 簡諧 jiǎn xié simple harmonic (motion, oscillation etc in mechanics) 简谐运动 簡諧運動 jiǎn xié yùn dòng simple harmonic motion (in mechanics) / motion of a simple pendulum syn 粘性力 nián xìng lì viscous forces (in fluid mechanics) 粘滑 nián huá slimy (of rotten food) / viscous / stick-slip (in mechanics) 绕流 繞流 rào liú turbulence (in fluid mechanics) 转动轴 轉動軸 zhuàn dòng zhóu axis of rotation (mechanics) / spindle 运动定律 運動定律 yùn dòng dìng lǜ laws of motion (mechanics) 雷诺数 雷諾數 léi nuò shù Reynolds number (ratio of inertial forces to viscous forces in fluid mechanics) 马赫数 馬赫數 mǎ hè shù Mach number (fluid mechanics) 土壤力学 tǔ rǎng lì xué soil mechanics 蠕滑 rú huá creep (friction mechanics) 黏滑 nián huá slimy (of rotten food) / viscous / (mechanics) stick-slip 换刀 換刀 huàn dāo tool change (mechanics) 联轴器 聯軸器 lián zhòu qì (mechanics) coupler / coupling 联轴节 聯軸節 lián zhòu jié (mechanics) coupling 轨域 軌域 guǐ yù (Tw) (quantum mechanics) orbital 冷处理 冷處理 lěng chǔ lǐ (mechanics) cold treatment / to downplay / to handle in a low-key way 