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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024me•chan•i•cal /məˈkænɪkəl/USA pronunciation adj. - Mechanical Engineeringof or relating to machinery or tools:He has no mechanical skills.
- Mechanical Engineeringoperated or produced by machinery:a mechanical snow blower.
- lacking freshness;
dull or done by habit:a mechanical job that required no thinking. - Mechanicsof or relating to the study of mechanics.
me•chan•i•cal•ly, adv. See -mech-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024me•chan•i•cal (mə kan′i kəl),USA pronunciation adj. - Mechanical Engineeringhaving to do with machinery:a mechanical failure.
- Mechanical Engineeringbeing a machine;
operated by machinery:a mechanical toy. - Mechanical Engineeringcaused by or derived from machinery:mechanical propulsion.
- Mechanical Engineeringusing machine parts only.
- brought about by friction, abrasion, etc.:a mechanical bond between stones; mechanical erosion.
- Mechanical Engineeringpertaining to the design, use, understanding, etc., of tools and machinery:the mechanical trades; mechanical ability.
- acting or performed without spontaneity, spirit, individuality, etc.:a mechanical performance.
- habitual;
routine;
automatic:Practice that step until it becomes mechanical. - Mechanicsbelonging or pertaining to the subject matter of mechanics.
- Mechanicspertaining to, or controlled or effected by, physical forces.
- Philosophy(of a philosopher or philosophical theory) explaining phenomena as due to mechanical action or the material forces of the universe.
- subordinating the spiritual to the material;
materialistic.
n. - a mechanical object, part, device, etc.
- Printinga sheet of stiff paper on which has been pasted artwork and type proofs for making a printing plate;
paste-up. - [Obs.]a skilled manual laborer, as a carpenter or other artisan.
- 1375–1425; late Middle English, equivalent. to mechanic mechanical + -al1; see mechanic
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: mechanical /mɪˈkænɪkəl/ adj - made, performed, or operated by or as if by a machine or machinery: a mechanical process
- concerned with machines or machinery
- relating to or controlled or operated by physical forces
- of or concerned with mechanics
- (of a gesture, etc) automatic; lacking thought, feeling, etc
- accounting for phenomena by physically determining forces
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