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me·chan·ic 
[muh-kan-ik] Pronunciation Key
[muh-kan-ik] Pronunciation Key –noun
| 1. | a person who repairs and maintains machinery, motors, etc.: an automobile mechanic. |
| 2. | a worker who is skilled in the use of tools, machines, equipment, etc. |
| 3. | Slang. a person skilled in the dishonest handling of cards, dice, or other objects used in games of chance. |
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| me·chan·ic
(mĭ-kān'ĭk) Pronunciation Key
n. A worker skilled in making, using, or repairing machines, vehicles, and tools. [From Middle English, mechanical, from Old French mecanique, from Latin mēchanicus, from Greek mēkhanikos, from mēkhanē, machine, device; see magh- in Indo-European roots.] me·chan'ic adj. |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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mechanic
1549 (adj.) "pertaining to or involving mechanical labor" (now usually mechanical), from L. mechanicus (n. and adj.), from Gk. mekhanikos "an engineer" (n.), also "resourceful, inventive," lit. "pertaining to machines" (adj.), from mekhane (see machine). The noun meaning originally was "manual laborer" (1390); sense of "one who is employed in manual labor, a handicraft worker, an artisan (chief sense through early 19c.) is attested from 1562. The adj. meaning "of the nature of or pertaining to machines" is from 1625; the noun sense of "skilled workman who is concerned with making or repair of machinery" is from 1662, but not the main sense until the rise of the automobile. Mechanical is attested from 1432 in the sense "of or pertaining to machines;" of persons or human actions, "resembling machines, automatic" it is from 1607. Mechanize is attested from 1678.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| mechanic | |
adjective | |
| 1. | resembling the action of a machine; "from blank to blank a threadless way I pushed mechanic feet"- Emily Dickenson |
noun | |
| 1. | a craftsman skilled in operating machine tools [syn: machinist] |
| 2. | someone whose occupation is repairing and maintaining automobiles [syn: automobile mechanic] |
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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Mechanic Falls, ME (CDP, FIPS 44620) Location: 44.11168 N, 70.39450 W
Population (1990): 2388 (933 housing units)
Area: 14.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 04256
U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Mechanic
Me*chan"ic\, n. [F. m['e]canique mechanics. See Mechanic, a.]1. The art of the application of the laws of motion or force to construction. [Obs.] 2. A mechanician; an artisan; an artificer; one who practices any mechanic art; one skilled or employed in shaping and uniting materials, as wood, metal, etc., into any kind of structure, machine, or other object, requiring the use of tools, or instruments. An art quite lost with our mechanics. --Sir T. Browne.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Mechanic
Me*chan"ic\, a. [F. m['e]canique, L. mechanicus, Gr. ?, fr. ? a machine. See Machine.]1. Having to do with the application of the laws of motion in the art of constructing or making things; of or pertaining to mechanics; mechanical; as, the mechanic arts. "These mechanic philosophers." --Ray. Mechanic slaves, With greasy aprons, rules, and hammers. --Shak. 2. Of or pertaining to a mechanic or artificer, or to the class of artisans; hence, rude; common; vulgar. To make a god, a hero, or a king Descend to a mechanic dialect. --Roscommon. Sometimes he ply'd the strong, mechanic tool. --Thomson. 3. Base. [Obs.] --Whitlock.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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