mechanical
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
mechanical/məˈkanɪkl/
▶adjective
- 1 working or produced by machines or machinery.
■ relating to machines or machinery.
- 2 lacking thought or spontaneity.
- 3 relating to physical forces or motion.
■ archaic (of a theory) explaining phenomena in terms only of physical processes.
- 1 (mechanicals) the working parts of a machine, especially a car.
- 2 archaic a manual worker.
– derivatives
mechanically adverb,
mechanicalness noun.
mechanically adverb,
mechanicalness noun.
'mechanical' also found in these Oxford entries:
amusement
- artificial respiration
- automaton
- backhoe
- biomechanics
- castellated
- catapult
- chainsaw
- chordotonal
- claw
- clockwork
- constructivism
- craftsman
- cuckoo clock
- cyborg
- device
- diaphragm
- direct-drive
- dog
- dynamo
- electromechanical
- engine
- entropy
- Feldenkrais method
- gadget
- gaiter
- generator
- grab
- grasshopper warbler
- gremlin
- gyromagnetic
- Hammond organ
- heat pump
- I.Mech.E.
- iron lung
- JCB
- key
- machine
- macrostructure
- magnetic moment
- manufacture
- mass-produce
- Meccano
- mechanical advantage
- mechanical drawing
- mechanical engineering
- mechanism
- mechano-
- mechanoreceptor
