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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.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.mechanically - in a mechanical mannermechanically - in a mechanical manner; by a mechanism; "this door opens mechanically"
2.mechanically - in a machinelike manner; without feeling; "he smiled mechanically"
Translations
mechanically [mɪˈkænɪkəlɪ] ADV
1. [operated, driven] → mecánicamente
I'm not mechanically mindedno se me da muy bien la mecánica, no tengo cabeza para las cosas mecánicas
2. (fig) (= unthinkingly) [behave, reply] → mecánicamente, maquinalmente
mechanically [mɪˈkænɪkəli] adv
[react, reply] → mécaniquement
(relating to mechanics)
The car was mechanically sound → La voiture était en bon état mécanique.
mechanically
adv (lit, fig)mechanisch; mechanically-mindedtechnisch begabt; mechanically recovered meatSeparatorenfleisch nt
mechanically [mɪˈkænɪklɪ] advmeccanicamente


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