mechanical

Plural: mechanicals

Adjective

• using (or as if using) mechanisms or tools or devices
  • "a mechanical process"
  • "his smile was very mechanical"
  • "a mechanical toy"
• relating to or concerned with machinery or tools
  • "mechanical arts"
  • "mechanical design"
  • "mechanical skills"
• relating to or governed by or in accordance with mechanics
  • "a belief that the universe is a mechanical contrivance"
  • "the mechanical pressure of a strong wind"

Adj

• 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).
• Related to mechanics (the design and construction of machines).
• Done by machine.
• Using mechanics (the design and construction of machines): being a machine.
• As if performed by a machine: lifeless, mindless, thoughtless, automatic.
• Acting as if one were a machine: lifeless or mindless.
• Handy with machines.

Noun

• 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.

Examples

• a mechanical reply to a question
• mechanical arm
• mechanical dictionary
• mechanical engineering
• mechanical task
• The pianist was too mechanical.
• Why don't you ask Joe to fix it? He's very mechanical.

Synonyms

mechanically skillful, pasteup

Antonyms

nonmechanical

Related Words

mechanic, mechanics, mechanism

Anagrams of mechanical