mechanicaladjective
uk/məˈkæn.ɪ.kəl/us/məˈkæn.ɪ.kəl/mechanical adjective (MACHINES)
B2 operated by a machine, or connected with machines or their parts:
a mechanical device
The company produces mechanical parts for airplane engines.
The plane appeared to have crashed because of a mechanical problem.
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- Charles Babbage's mechanical calculating engines were the antecedents of the modern computer.
- Any mechanical problems would upset our plans of driving across the desert.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Engineering - mechanical
- -engined
- artificer
- automatic
- automatically
- automative
- hydraulic
- idle
- internal combustion engine
- mechanic
- mechanically
- octane
- octane number
- outboard motor
- strip
- tick
- tick over
- torque
- tune
- vane
- wheelbase
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mechanical adjective (MOVEMENT)
relating to movement, or to mechanics (= the study of the effect of physical forces on objects and their movement):
a study of the effects of mechanical forces on bones
mechanical adjective (WITHOUT THOUGHT)
C2 also mechanistic disapproving without thinking about what you are doing, especially because you do something often:
He gave a mechanical response.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Habitual and customary
- accustomed
- all in a day's work idiom
- as a (general) rule idiom
- as a matter of course idiom
- as per usual/normal idiom
- expect
- more
- more often than not idiom 1
- more often than not
- natural
- naturally
- nine
- prevail
- pro forma
- rule
- rule
- surprise
- surprise, surprise idiom
- trad
- usu
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