mechanical.
Characteristic of someone who does manual labour for a living; coarse, vulgar.
Meaning & usage
Characteristic of someone who does manual labour for a living; coarse, vulgar.
Related to mechanics (the branch of physics that deals with forces acting on matter).
mechanical engineering
Related to mechanics (the design and construction of machines).
mechanical dictionary
Done by machine.
mechanical task
Using mechanics (the design and construction of machines): being a machine.
mechanical arm
As if performed by a machine: lifeless, mindless, thoughtless, automatic.
a mechanical reply to a question
Acting as if one were a machine: lifeless or mindless.
The pianist was too mechanical.
Handy with machines.
Why don't you ask Joe to fix it? He's very mechanical.
Relating to the mechanics of a game.
the mechanical aspects of a trading card game
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-der.? Ancient Greek μηχανή (mēkhanḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek μηχανικός (mēkhanikós)bor. Latin mēchanicusder. Old French mecaniquebor. Middle English mechanic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English mechanical English mechanical From Middle English mechanical, mechanicalle, mechanycalle, equivalent to mechanic + -al.
Manually created layout of artwork that is camera ready for photographic reproduction.
One who does manual labor, especially one who is similar to Shakespeare's rude mechanicals.
A robot or mechanical creature.
A mechanical engineer.
An instance of equipment failure.
A stop on an organ that is operated by a hand or foot control rather than having to be manually set up in advance.
A machine that performs a job typically accomplished using an animal or manual labor.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-der.? Ancient Greek μηχανή (mēkhanḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek μηχανικός (mēkhanikós)bor. Latin mēchanicusder. Old French mecaniquebor. Middle English mechanic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English mechanical English mechanical From Middle English mechanical, mechanicalle, mechanycalle, equivalent to mechanic + -al.
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