mechanization
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4.4
- noun
- /ˌmɛkənaɪˈzeɪʃən/
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mecanización
- The mechanization of farming has greatly increased crop yields and efficiency.
- agricultural mechanization
- mechanization of agriculture
- mechanization of production
And it should be our main strategic effort to beat mechanization.
- And it should be our main strategic effort to beat mechanization.
- So Max Newman was in charge of mechanization of any sort, and he formed a subset called the Newman Ray out of research section.
Examples
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Large numbers of people had been laid off because of the mechanization of the industry.
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Many factories now rely on mechanization to streamline production processes.
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A fair amount of mechanization is used in the construction of the chairs.
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Yet despite massive mechanization and automation, the U.S. economy kept creating jobs.
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Given the level of mechanization, chair production is well beyond the amount necessary to satisfy local demand.
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The early 1900s can be thought of as the age of industry and mechanization.
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How quickly will the economy be able to absorb labor displaced by mechanization?
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The government has actively promoted agricultural mechanization in recent years.
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Credit policies that encourage mechanization contribute to the displacement of the rural labor force through migration.
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As a result of mechanization and high crop prices, marginal areas could be profitably cultivated.
Academic text (1992)
Synonyms
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3.3
Use of machines or computers to do work without people helping
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6.7
Replacing human workers with robots or machines that work by themselves
Antonyms
How Mechanized
Surface Forms
Morphology
mechanization = mechanize (transparent) = mechan + ize + ation
This is a regular nominalization of 'mechanize', meaning the process of mechanizing.
Etymology
Mechanization comes from the same root as machine and mechanic, from an old Greek word meaning 'device' or 'tool', together with the ending -ization that means a process. So mechanization is the process of making work be done by machines instead of people.