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   mechanical

   /mɪˈkanɪkl/

   adjective

   • 1. operated by a machine or machinery: "a mechanical device"
   • ▪ relating to machines or machinery: "the helicopters are prone to mechanical failure"
   • 2. (of an action) done without thought or spontaneity; automatic: "she stopped the mechanical brushing of her hair" Similar automaticmachine-likeunthinkingunemotionalunconsciousinvoluntaryinstinctiveroutinematter-of-facthabitualinattentiveunfeelingimpersonalinhumanlifelesssoullessuninspiredunanimatedcasualperfunctorycursorycarelessunimaginativenegligentOpposite consciousemotionalcareful
   • 3. relating to physical forces or motion; physical: "the smoothness was the result of mechanical abrasion"
   • ▪ (of a theory) explaining phenomena in terms only of physical processes. archaic
   • ▪ relating to mechanics as a science. archaic Similar mechanizedmachine-drivenautomatedautomaticmotor-drivenpower-drivenself-propelledOpposite manual
   • 4. relating to the exclusive legal right to reproduce a particular recorded version of a song or piece of music: "mechanical copyright"

   noun

   • 1. the working parts of a vehicle: "a major overhaul of the mechanicals"
   • 2. a manual worker: archaic "rude mechanicals"

   Word Origin late Middle English (describing an art or occupation concerned with the construction of machines): via Latin from Greek mēkhanikos (see mechanic) + -al.

   Derivatives

   • 1. mechanicalness noun

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   What does mechanical mean?

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   What does it mean if a person has become mechanical?

   • (often disapproving) (of people’s behaviour and actions) done without thinking, like a machine synonym routine My work has become mechanical—I could do it in my sleep. connected with the physical laws of movement and cause and effect (= with mechanics) (of a person) good at understanding how machines work

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   What is a mechanical skill?

   • 1. Of or relating to machines or tools: mechanical skill. 2. Operated or produced by a mechanism or machine: a mechanical toy dog. 3. Of, relating to, or governed by mechanics. 4. Performed or performing in an impersonal or machinelike manner; automatic: a droning, mechanical delivery of the speech. 5.

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   • Use the adjective mechanical to describe something related to machinery or tools. If your car breaks down on the same day that your watch stops, you've got a lot of mechanical problems. You’ll most often hear mechanical used to describe something involving a machine. A mechanical problem at work might mean the copier has broken down again.

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    mechanical: 1 adj using (or as if using) mechanisms or tools or devices “a mechanical process” “his smile was very mechanical ” “a mechanical toy” Synonyms: automatic , automatonlike , machinelike , robotic , robotlike resembling the unthinking functioning of a machine mechanic resembling the action of a machine mechanistic explained in terms ...