mechanˈically adverb

mechanˈicalness noun

mechanˈicals plural noun (informal)

The mechanical parts of anything

mechanician /mek-ən-ishˈən/ noun

1. A machine-maker
2. A person skilled in constructing machines and tools

mechanˈics singular noun

1. Dynamics, the science of the action of forces on bodies, including kinetics and statics
2. The art or science of machine-construction
3. The details of making or creating by manual or other process (also plural noun)
4. The system on which something works (also plural noun)

Routine procedure or procedures

mechˈanism noun

1. A group of moving parts that interact to perform a function in a machine, etc
2. The arrangement and action by which a result is produced
3. A philosophy that regards the phenomena of life as explainable by mechanical forces
4. The means adopted unconsciously towards a subconscious end (psychology)

mechˈanist noun

1. A mechanician
2. A believer in philosophical mechanism

mechanistˈic adjective

mechanistˈically adverb

mechanizāˈtion or mechanisāˈtion noun

mechˈanize or mechˈanise transitive verb

1. To make mechanical
2. To adapt to mechanical working
3. To provide with armoured armed vehicles

mechˈanizer noun

mechanomorphˈism noun

1. The philosophy of mechanism
2. Anthropomorphism applied to machines

mechanical advantage noun

The ratio of the resistance in a machine to the force applied by it

mechanical drawing noun

Instrument-aided drawing, eg of a machine, an architectural construction, etc

mechanical engineer noun

mechanical engineering noun

The branch of engineering concerned with the design and construction of machines or mechanical devices

mechanical powers plural noun

The elementary forms or parts of machines, divided into three primary forms (the lever, inclined plane and pulley) and three secondary forms (the wheel and axle, the wedge and the screw)

mechanical tissue noun

Any tissue that gives a plant the power to resist stresses

mechanics' institute noun (historical)

An institution founded in England in 1823 to provide educational classes, libraries, etc, for its members (orig manual workers)

mechanoreceptˈor noun (medicine)

A sense organ specialized to respond to mechanical stimuli such as pressure or deformation