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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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