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me·chan·i·cal 
[muh-kan-i-kuhl] Pronunciation Key
[muh-kan-i-kuhl] Pronunciation Key –adjective
–noun
| 1. | having to do with machinery: a mechanical failure. |
| 2. | being a machine; operated by machinery: a mechanical toy. |
| 3. | caused by or derived from machinery: mechanical propulsion. |
| 4. | using machine parts only. |
| 5. | brought about by friction, abrasion, etc.: a mechanical bond between stones; mechanical erosion. |
| 6. | pertaining to the design, use, understanding, etc., of tools and machinery: the mechanical trades; mechanical ability. |
| 7. | acting or performed without spontaneity, spirit, individuality, etc.: a mechanical performance. |
| 8. | habitual; routine; automatic: Practice that step until it becomes mechanical. |
| 9. | belonging or pertaining to the subject matter of mechanics. |
| 10. | pertaining to, or controlled or effected by, physical forces. |
| 11. | (of a philosopher or philosophical theory) explaining phenomena as due to mechanical action or the material forces of the universe. |
| 12. | subordinating the spiritual to the material; materialistic. |
| 13. | a mechanical object, part, device, etc. |
| 14. | Printing. a sheet of stiff paper on which has been pasted artwork and type proofs for making a printing plate; paste-up. |
| 15. | Obsolete. a skilled manual laborer, as a carpenter or other artisan. |
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| me·chan·i·cal
(mĭ-kān'ĭ-kəl) Pronunciation Key
adj.
n. Printing A layout consisting of type proofs, artwork, or both, exactly positioned and prepared for making an offset or other printing plate. me·chan'i·cal·ly adv., me·chan'i·cal·ness n. |
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| mechanical | |
adjective | |
| 1. | using (or as if using) mechanisms or tools or devices; "a mechanical process"; "his smile was very mechanical"; "a mechanical toy" [ant: nonmechanical] |
| 2. | relating to or concerned with machinery or tools; "mechanical arts"; "mechanical design"; "mechanical skills" |
| 3. | relating to or governed by or in accordance with mechanics; "a belief that the universe is a mechanical contrivance"; "the mechanical pressure of a strong wind" |
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American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
mechanical me·chan·i·cal (mĭ-kān'ĭ-kəl)
adj.
- Operated or produced by a mechanism or machine.
- Relating to, produced by, or dominated by physical forces.
- Interpreting and explaining the phenomena of the universe by referring to causally determined material forces; mechanistic.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Mechanical
Me*chan"ic*al\, a. [From Mechanic, a.]1. Pertaining to, governed by, or in accordance with, mechanics, or the laws of motion; pertaining to the quantitative relations of force and matter, as distinguished from mental, vital, chemical, etc.; as, mechanical principles; a mechanical theory; mechanical deposits. 2. Of or pertaining to a machine or to machinery or tools; made or formed by a machine or with tools; as, mechanical precision; mechanical products. We have also divers mechanical arts. --Bacon. 3. Done as if by a machine; uninfluenced by will or emotion; proceeding automatically, or by habit, without special intention or reflection; as, mechanical singing; mechanical verses; mechanical service. 4. Made and operated by interaction of forces without a directing intelligence; as, a mechanical universe. 5. Obtained by trial, by measurements, etc.; approximate; empirical. See the 2d Note under Geometric. Mechanical effect, effective power; useful work exerted, as by a machine, in a definite time. Mechanical engineering. See the Note under Engineering. Mechanical maneuvers (Mil.), the application of mechanical appliances to the mounting, dismounting, and moving of artillery. --Farrow. Mechanical philosophy, the principles of mechanics applied to the inverstigation of physical phenomena. Mechanical powers, certain simple instruments, such as the lever and its modifications (the wheel and axle and the pulley), the inclined plane with its modifications (the screw and the wedge), which convert a small force acting through a great space into a great force acting through a small space, or vice versa, and are used separately or in combination. Mechanical solution (Math.), a solution of a problem by any art or contrivance not strictly geometrical, as by means of the ruler and compasses, or other instruments.
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Mechanical
Me*chan"ic*al\, n. A mechanic. [Obs.] --Shak.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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