mechanical

/məˈkænɪkəl/

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Type

Adjective

Meaning

  1. Operated by, relating to, or produced by machines or physical mechanisms.

    • The technician diagnosed a serious mechanical failure in the aircraft engine.

  2. Done routinely without conscious thought, feeling, or spontaneity.

    • After years on the assembly line, her movements had become entirely mechanical.

  3. Relating to the branch of physics that deals with forces and the motion of physical bodies.

    • Students calculated the mechanical energy generated during the collision.

Collocations

  • mechanical failure
  • mechanical breakdown
  • mechanical pencil
  • mechanical response
  • mechanical engineer
  • mechanical energy

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