mechanical

me·chan·i·cal  (m-kn-kl)

adj.

1. Of or relating to machines or tools: mechanical skill.

2. Operated or produced by a mechanism or machine: a mechanical toy dog.

3. Of, relating to, or governed by mechanics.

4. Performed or performing in an impersonal or machinelike manner; automatic: a droning, mechanical delivery of the speech.

5. Relating to, produced by, or dominated by physical forces: the mechanical aspect of trumpet playing.

6. Philosophy Interpreting and explaining the phenomena of the universe by referring to causally determined material forces; mechanistic.

7. Of or relating to manual labor, its tools, and its skills.

n. Printing

A layout consisting of type proofs, artwork, or both, exactly positioned and prepared for making an offset or other printing plate.

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me·chani·cal·ly adv.

me·chani·cal·ness n.

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mechanical [mɪˈkænɪk^əl]

adj

1. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) made, performed, or operated by or as if by a machine or machinery a mechanical process

2. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) concerned with machines or machinery

3. (Physics / General Physics) relating to or controlled or operated by physical forces

4. (Physics / General Physics) (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) of or concerned with mechanics

5. (of a gesture, etc.) automatic; lacking thought, feeling, etc.

6. (Philosophy) Philosophy accounting for phenomena by physically determining forces

7. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) (of paper, such as newsprint) made from pulp that has been mechanically ground and contains impurities

n

1. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) Printing another name for camera-ready copy

2. (Business / Professions) Archaic another word for mechanic [2]

mechanicalism  n

mechanically  adv

mechanicalness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	mechanical - using (or as if using) mechanisms or tools or devices; "a mechanical process"; "his smile was very mechanical"; "a mechanical toy" nonmechanical - not mechanical
	2.	mechanical - relating to or concerned with machinery or tools; "mechanical arts"; "mechanical design"; "mechanical skills" mechanically skillful
	3.	mechanical - 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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mechanical

adjective

1. automatic, automated, mechanized, power-driven, motor-driven, machine-driven a small mechanical device that taps out the numbers
automatic manual

2. unthinking, routine, automatic, matter-of-fact, cold, unconscious, instinctive, lacklustre, involuntary, impersonal, habitual, cursory, perfunctory, unfeeling, machine-like, emotionless, spiritless His retort was mechanical.
unthinking thinking, warm, genuine, conscious, voluntary, sincere, wholehearted

Translations

mechanical [mɪˈkænɪkəl]

A. ADJ

1. [toy, problem, failure, device] → mecánico

2. (fig) (= unthinking) [behaviour, reply] → mecánico, maquinal

B. CPD mechanical engineer N → ingeniero/a m/f mecánico/a
mechanical engineering N → ingeniería f mecánica

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mechanical [mɪˈkænɪk^əl] adj

[device, instrument] → mécanique

[problem] → mécanique

mechanical work (done by mechanic) → travaux mécaniques
He did all the mechanical work on the cars himself → Il a fait lui-même tous les travaux mécaniques sur les voitures.

[repetition] → mécanique

[behaviour, attitude] → mécanique
mechanical drawing n → dessin m à l'échelle
mechanical engineering n

(= theory, subject) → mécanique f

(= industry) → construction f mécanique

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mechanical

adj (lit, fig) → mechanisch; toy → technisch; a mechanical device → ein Mechanismus m

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mechanical:

mechanical digger

n → Bagger m; (also mechanical shovel) → Löffelbagger m

mechanical engineer

n → Maschinenbauer(in) or -bauingenieur(in) m(f)

mechanical engineering

n → Maschinenbau m

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mechanical [mɪˈkænɪk/əl] adj (also) (fig) → meccanico/a

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mechanical [mɪˈkænɪk/əl] adj (also) (fig) → meccanico/a

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mechanical → ميكانيكي mechanický mekanisk mechanisch μηχανικός mecánico mekaaninen mécanique mehanički meccanico 機械の 기계적인 mechanisch mekanisk mechaniczny mecânico механический mekanisk เกี่ยวกับเครื่องจักรกล mekanik thuộc cơ khí 机械的