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mechanical

/mɪˈkanɪk(ə)l/ · noun

Meaning

  1. Manually created layout of artwork that is camera ready for photographic reproduction.
  2. One who does manual labor, especially one who is similar to Shakespeare's rude mechanicals
  3. A robot or mechanical creature.
  4. A mechanical engineer.
  5. An instance of equipment failure.
  6. A stop on an organ that is operated by a hand or foot control rather than having to be manually set up in advance.
  7. Characteristic of someone who does manual labour for a living; coarse, vulgar.
  8. Related to mechanics (the branch of physics that deals with forces acting on mass).
  9. Related to mechanics (the design and construction of machines).
  10. Done by machine.
  11. Using mechanics (the design and construction of machines): being a machine.
  12. As if performed by a machine: lifeless or mindless.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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