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mechanization

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mech⋅a⋅nize

  [mek-uh-nahyz]
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–verb (used with object), -nized, -niz⋅ing.
1. to make mechanical.
2. to operate or perform by or as if by machinery.
3. to introduce machinery into (an industry, enterprise, etc.), esp. in order to replace manual labor.
4. Military. to equip with tanks and other armored vehicles.
Also, especially British, mech⋅a⋅nise.

Origin:
1695–1705; mechan(ic) + -ize

Related forms:
mech⋅a⋅ni⋅za⋅tion, noun
mech⋅a⋅niz⋅er, noun
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mech·a·nize   (měk'ə-nīz')   
tr.v.   mech·a·nized, mech·a·niz·ing, mech·a·niz·es

  1. To equip with machinery: mechanize a factory.

  2. To equip (a military unit) with motor vehicles, such as tanks and trucks.

  3. To make automatic or unspontaneous; render routine or monotonous.

  4. To produce by or as if by machines.

mech'a·ni·za'tion (-nĭ-zā'shən) n., mech'a·niz'er n.
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