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mechanical

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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.

me·chani·cal·ly adv.
me·chani·cal·ness n.

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
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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"
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"

mechanical
adjective 1. automatic, automated, mechanized, power-driven, motor-driven, machine-driven << OPPOSITE manual
Translations
Spanish mechanical [mɪˈkænɪkl] adjmecánico
French mechanical [mɪˈkænɪkl] mechanic adjmécanique
German mechanical [mɪˈkænɪkl] mechanic adjmechanisch
Italian mechanical [mɪˈkænɪkəl] adjmeccanico/a

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Mechanical movements have not the characteristic of appropriateness, unless by accident, as when a drunken man falls into a waterbutt and is sobered.
He knew that by this term was understood a mechanical facility for painting or drawing, entirely apart from its subject.
Moreover, as an oligarchy is said to be a government of men of family, fortune, and education; so, on the contrary, a democracy is a government in the hands of men of no birth, indigent circumstances, and mechanical employments.
 
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