Definitions for mechanical

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mechanical me·chan·i·cal

Spelling: [muh-kan-i-kuh l]

IPA: /məˈkæn ɪ kəl/

Mechanical is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 19 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 23 points.

You can make 501 anagrams from letters in mechanical (aaccehilmn).

Definitions for mechanical

noun

1. a mechanical object, part, device, etc.
2. Printing. a sheet of stiff paper on which has been pasted artwork and type proofs for making a printing plate; paste-up.
3. Obsolete. a skilled manual laborer, as a carpenter or other artisan.

adjective

1. having to do with machinery:
2. being a machine; operated by machinery:
3. caused by or derived from machinery:
4. using machine parts only.
5. brought about by friction, abrasion, etc.:
6. pertaining to the design, use, understanding, etc., of tools and machinery:
7. acting or performed without spontaneity, spirit, individuality, etc.:
8. habitual; routine; automatic:
9. belonging or pertaining to the subject matter of mechanics.
10. pertaining to, or controlled or effected by, physical forces.
11. (of a philosopher or philosophical theory) explaining phenomena as due to mechanical action or the material forces of the universe.
12. subordinating the spiritual to the material; materialistic.

Origin of mechanical

1375-1425; late Middle English, equivalent to mechanic mechanical + -al¹; see mechanic

Examples for mechanical

The will-power is the same, but the mechanical contrivances for its transmission are wanting.

As a result, the images can be much more detailed and the equipment less subject to mechanical problems.

She shuddered, as with a mechanical movement she passed her fingers over her eyes.

He once told me that he only vaguely understood “the mechanical aspects of sex” until he was in his early twenties.

There is something about a firefight at night, something about the mechanical elegance of an M-60 machine gun.

These are, in mechanical terms, simple fixes; politically, a nigh-impossible slog.

He went to bed with a mechanical deliberation, and slept instantly.

The secretary's voice was mechanical, without any trace of feeling.

Three of the six members of the group work on the channel full time, but Sep has a full time job as a mechanical engineer.

They are necessary sanctions; just as everything is necessary and may even be said to be mechanical.