electromechanical device
- noun
- /ˌɛlɛktroʊmɪˈkænɪkəl dɪˈvaɪs/
- Specialized
:
dispositivo electromecánico
- In addition, 23 electromechanical devices (closed-circuit televisions, CCTVs, or computer-enhancement systems) were prescribed: 21 CCTVs and 2 computer-enhancement systems.
Examples
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Trimming potentiometers are board-level electromechanical devices that correct voltage resistance errors in circuits.
Academic text (2000) -
Of the 139 clients, 16.5% were prescribed electromechanical devices; no person was prescribed more than one electromechanical device.
Academic text (2004) -
Training with electromechanical devices was reported for all but one device that was prescribed.
Academic text (2004) -
Yet when it comes to tiny electromechanical devices, silicon is not necessarily the best material choice in all applications.
Academic text (2005) -
Training was provided for the use of optical aids, non-optical aids, and electromechanical devices, and in various IADLs.
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Strictly speaking, MEMS is a process technology used to create tiny electromechanical devices or systems; as a result, it is a subset of MST.
Academic text (1997) -
They struggled to envision what kind of electromechanical device could produce these groups of incoherent letters from Japanese plain language.
Academic text (1991) -
Of the 139 clients, 16.5% were prescribed electromechanical devices; no person was prescribed more than one electromechanical device.
Academic text (2004) -
It is, of course, a deeply hybridized, bastard technology as well, as rickety a collection of electromechanical devices as a Model T Ford, of which anyone who engages in film practice has available at any given moment only a very constricted segment.
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An electromechanical device like a washing machine combines electrical components and mechanical parts to clean clothes efficiently.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'electromechanical' combines electrical + mechanical and 'device' denotes a manufactured item, so the phrase straightforwardly denotes a machine using both electrical and mechanical components. This follows normal compounding patterns and is cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words would readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Electromechanical device joins electro (about 'electricity') and mechanical (about 'moving parts'). Imagine a machine with wires and gears where the electricity makes the parts move, so it means a device that uses both 'electricity' and 'movement'.
