mechanical
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3.9
- adjective
- /məˈkænɪkəl/
- You can see the like mechanical components of this antenna.
- become mechanical
- rather mechanical
- human or mechanical
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Watch on YouTubeIt kind of works almost in a mechanical way within the plot.
- It kind of works almost in a mechanical way within the plot.
- kind of thing, like huge mechanical vehicles.
- It's supposed to be part bio and part mechanical and very scary.
- Both have a mechanical reflex quality, right?
- At this point the death toll is so mechanical that it almost seems to lose meaning.
- So think about a mechanical process, right?
- So it's it's much less, it's much more human, much less mechanical I would say.
- So we move in a block like mechanical way.
- Networks, by contrast, are more organic and less mechanical.
Examples
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Many modern vehicles use mechanical systems to help with steering and braking.
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The assembly line operated with a mechanical efficiency that ensured every product was consistently produced.
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And I, I, I put them together and I made this mechanical hand.
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Very nice solid build, mechanical key caps.
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I'm thinking mechanical for me 'cause I like building things.
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I own at least seven mechanical keyboards.
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It kind of works almost in a mechanical way within the plot.
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Next, they will control mechanical legs and exoskeletons.
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His eyes darted from one object to another, his head making small, mechanical adjustments.
Fiction book (1993) -
Only iron discipline had kept him going, following the mechanical routines of running a regiment.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
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4.0
Machines or computers run a system instead of people
64
4.6
Made like a machine that works by itself
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4.2
Machines do the work instead of people, for example in factories or farms
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7.4
Treating things as if they work like a machine and ignoring their complexity
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9.3
Moving or acting in a regular, automatic way with no feeling
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4.8
Machines run it with little or no human help
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4.2
A thing that uses machines or computers instead of people to do work
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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3.9
The study of how to design, build, and use machines like engines and tools
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3.8
A person who designs and builds machines like cars and engines and their parts
- Specialized
1
3.9
Ability of an object to move things because of its motion or its position
- Specialized
1
4.4
Skill in making exact plans and pictures for machines and buildings
- Specialized
1
5.1
Force inside a material that acts on each small part because of outside forces
- Specialized
1
4.1
A detailed measured picture that shows a machine or part for making it
- Specialized
1
6.1
An event that shows how objects move or stay still, like friction
- Specialized
1
5.8
A mix of different parts, like a salad, that can be separated by hand or a filter
- Archaic
1
6.2
A piano that plays by itself using a paper roll with holes to move the keys
- Specialized
A steel support used in mines or tunnels that lets parts slide to take pressure safely
How Mechanical
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word mechanical comes from an old Greek word mekhane meaning 'device' or 'machine', and the same root is in machine and mechanic. So when a movement or action is mechanical, it is like a machine — regular, automatic, and not like a living thing.