Precision mechanics (also "fine mechanics") is an engineering discipline that deals with the design and construction of smaller precision

machine A machine is a physical system using Power (physics), power to apply Force, forces and control Motion, movement to perform an action. The term is commonly applied to artificial devices, such as those employing engines or motors, but also to na ...

s, often including measuring and control mechanisms of different kinds. The study may be further defined as the practices of rigid body

kinematics Kinematics is a subfield of physics, developed in classical mechanics, that describes the Motion (physics), motion of points, Physical object, bodies (objects), and systems of bodies (groups of objects) without considering the forces that cause ...

to the positioning and holding of objects on the micrometre scale and smaller.

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