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mechanical
/məˈkænəkəl/
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What does mechanical mean?
adjective
- Related to mechanics (the branch of physics that deals with forces acting on matter).
- Related to mechanics (the design and construction of machines).
- Done by machine.
More meanings (13)
adjective
- Using mechanics (the design and construction of machines): being a machine.
- (figuratively) As if performed by a machine: lifeless, mindless, thoughtless, automatic.
- Acting as if one were a machine: lifeless or mindless.
- (informal) Handy with machines.
- Relating to the mechanics of a game.
- (archaic) Characteristic of someone who does manual labour for a living; coarse, vulgar.
noun
- Manually created layout of artwork that is camera ready for photographic reproduction.
- One who does manual labor, especially one who is similar to Shakespeare's rude mechanicals.
- A robot or mechanical creature.
- A mechanical engineer.
- An instance of equipment failure.
- A stop on an organ that is operated by a hand or foot control rather than having to be manually set up in advance.
- (archaic) A machine that performs a job typically accomplished using an animal or manual labor.
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IPA pronunciation
/məˈkænəkəl/
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On a table behind the easel rose a tall mechanical contrivance, the chief feature of which was a thick upright spiral screw.
I supposed that the crew was occupied with interior repairs, rendered necessary by the violence of the mechanical movements of the machine.
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He went down to Scotland, searched all the best mechanical workshops there, and after a time succeeded in engaging sixty-four good hands.
Mr. Maudslay took pleasure in showing me the right system and method of treating all manner of materials employed in mechanical structures.
The first is that it is incorrect to assert a mechanical regularity of crime, which from Quetelet's time has been much exaggerated.