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

Adjective

1. made, performed, or operated by machinery

2. able to understand how machines work and how to repair or maintain them

3.

a. (of an action) done without thought or feeling

b. (of a task) not requiring any thought; routine or repetitive

4. of or involving the science of mechanics

mechanically adv

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 << OPPOSITE manual

adjective 2. unthinking, routine, automatic, matter-of-fact, cold, unconscious, instinctive, lacklustre, involuntary, impersonal, habitual, cursory, perfunctory, unfeeling, machine-like, emotionless, spiritless << OPPOSITE conscious

Translations

mechanical [mɪˈkænɪkl] adj → mecánico

mechanical [mɪˈkænɪkl] mechanic adj → mécanique

mechanical [mɪˈkænɪkl] mechanic adj → mechanisch

mechanical [mɪˈkænɪkəl] adj → meccanico/a