Sekirov Dictionary

mechanical

UK /məˈkænɪkəl/US /məˈkænəkəl/

adjective 9
noun 7
forms 3

adjective9

Done by machine.
Using mechanics (the design and construction of machines): being a machine.
connected with machines, or with the way they are designed and built
Related to mechanics (the branch of physics that deals with forces acting on matter).
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Acting as if one were a machine: lifeless or mindless.
- The pianist was too mechanical.
(figurative) As if performed by a machine: lifeless, mindless, thoughtless, automatic.
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Relating to the mechanics of a game.
- the mechanical aspects of a trading card game
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(informal) Handy with machines.
- Why don't you ask Joe to fix it? He's very mechanical.
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(no longer used) Characteristic of someone who does manual labour for a living; coarse, vulgar.
- Thy Doll, and Helen of thy noble thoughts, Is in base durance and contagious prison, Haled thither by most mechanical and dirty hand. — 1596

noun7

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An instance of equipment failure.
- The pack are suffering mechanicals and pull up under a lamp post marking a right turn. — 2010
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Manually created layout of artwork that is camera ready for photographic reproduction.
- We'll start with a simple mechanical for a standard 7" x 10" ad, using one block of copy, some display type, and one picture. — 1982
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A robot or mechanical creature.
- Is it a mechanical, or a man in a clockwork suit? — 2012
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One who does manual labor, especially one who is similar to Shakespeare's rude mechanicals.
- Rude mechanicals must know their place in a horsey army. — 1989
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A mechanical engineer.
- When the older courses had been separated from the literary curriculum eight years the civils, mechanicals and electricals had changed their relative positions four times. — 1910
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A stop on an organ that is operated by a hand or foot control rather than having to be manually set up in advance.
- Mechanicals within the organ need repair; the tonal resources and much of the voicing might well be expanded and updated. — 1961
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(no longer used) A machine that performs a job typically accomplished using an animal or manual labor.
- Roland jumped on the horse and with herculean strength picked her up one armed and plopped her down in front of him. “I've had my fill of mechanicals of late. Hold on.” — 2012

forms

mechanicals · more mechanical · most mechanical

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