mechanical : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: mechanical	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for mechanical
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mechanical adj using (or as if using) mechanisms or tools or devices; "a mechanical process"; "his smile was very mechanical"; "a mechanical toy" Antonym(s): nonmechanical relating to or concerned with machinery or tools; "mechanical arts"; "mechanical design"; "mechanical skills" Synonym(s): mechanical, mechanically skillful relating to or governed by or in accordance with mechanics; "a belief that the universe is a mechanical contrivance"; "the mechanical pressure of a strong wind"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mechanical \Mechan"ical\, a. [From {Mechanic}, a.] 1. Pertaining to, governed by, or in accordance with, mechanics, or the laws of motion; pertaining to the quantitative relations of force and matter, as distinguished from mental, vital, chemical, etc.; as, mechanical principles; a mechanical theory; mechanical deposits. 2. Of or pertaining to a machine or to machinery or tools; made or formed by a machine or with tools; as, mechanical precision; mechanical products. We have also divers mechanical arts. --Bacon. 3. Done as if by a machine; uninfluenced by will or emotion; proceeding automatically, or by habit, without special intention or reflection; as, mechanical singing; mechanical verses; mechanical service. 4. Made and operated by interaction of forces without a directing intelligence; as, a mechanical universe. 5. Obtained by trial, by measurements, etc.; approximate; empirical. See the 2d Note under {Geometric}. {Mechanical effect}, effective power; useful work exerted, as by a machine, in a definite time. {Mechanical engineering}. See the Note under {Engineering}. {Mechanical maneuvers} (Mil.), the application of mechanical appliances to the mounting, dismounting, and moving of artillery. --Farrow. {Mechanical philosophy}, the principles of mechanics applied to the inverstigation of physical phenomena. {Mechanical powers}, certain simple instruments, such as the lever and its modifications (the wheel and axle and the pulley), the inclined plane with its modifications (the screw and the wedge), which convert a small force acting through a great space into a great force acting through a small space, or vice versa, and are used separately or in combination. {Mechanical solution} (Math.), a solution of a problem by any art or contrivance not strictly geometrical, as by means of the ruler and compasses, or other instruments.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mechanical \Mechan"ical\, n. A mechanic. [Obs.] --Shak.