Mechanical

Definition: Mechanical

Mechanical

Adjective

1. Using (or as if using) mechanisms or tools or devices; "a mechanical process"; "his smile was very mechanical"; "a mechanical toy".

2. Relating to or concerned with machinery or tools; "mechanical arts"; "mechanical design"; "mechanical skills".

3. 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".

4. Lacking thought or feeling.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "mechanical" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonym: Mechanical

Instrument

Mechanical powers; lever, leverage; mechanical advantage; crow, crowbar; handspike, gavelock, jemmy, jimmy, arm, limb, wing; oar, paddle; pulley; wheel and axle; wheelwork, clockwork; wheels within wheels; pinion, crank, winch; cam; pedal; capstan; (lift); wheel; (rotation); inclined plane; wedge; screw; spring, mainspring; can hook, glut, heald, heddle, jenny, parbuckle, sprag, water wheel.

Adjective: instrumental; mechanical, machinal; brachial.

Means

Adjective: instrumental; mechanical.

Necessity

Involuntary, instinctive, automatic, blind, mechanical; unconscious, unwitting, unthinking; unintentional; (undesigned); impulsive.

Crosswords: Mechanical

And there, a mechanical wonder allowed me to see the sun rise for the first time in two hundred years (Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles; writing credit: Anne Rice)

I learnt the difference between a fine oil painting, and a mechanical thing, like a photograph (Harvey; writing credit: Mary Chase;)

Why building a mechanical British robot servant is no more crazy then that tie your wearing (Clone High; writing credit: Damian Chapa)

So, Carol and I went behind a couple of those mechanical dutch children then they fixed the ride and we were asked never to return to the Magic Kingdom (Friends; writing credit: Jörn O. Jensen; Birger Larsen)

This could be the most one-sided fight since 1973 when Ali faced an eighty-foot tall mechanical Joe Frazier (Futurama; writing credit: Lance Smith; Carl Colpaert)

Clock: A small mechanical device to wake up people without children. (references; author: unknown)

The Mechanical Knee (1971)

Variations on a Mechanical Theme (1959)

This Mechanical Age (1954)

Mechanical Bird (1951)

The Mechanical Cow (1937)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• The 2000 Import and Export Market for Mechanical Wood Pulp in Europe (reference)

• Mechanical Dynamics, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• The 2000 Import and Export Market for Mechanical Wood Pulp in Oceana (reference)

• The World Market for Paper Waste and Scrap from Paperboard Made Mainly of Mechanical Pulp Including Newspapers and Journals: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

• The 2000 Import and Export Market for Mechanical Wood Pulp in Serbia & Montenegro (reference)

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Books

• Mechanical Behavior of Materials: Engineering Methods for Deformation, Fracture, and Fatigue (2nd Edition) (reference)

• Clockwork music: an illustrated history of mechanical musical instruments from the musical box to the pianola, from automaton lady virginal players to orchestrion (reference)

• History of the Musical Box and of Mechanical Music (reference)

• Structural Applications of Mechanical Alloying: Proceedings of an Asm International Conference Myrtle Beach, South Carolina 27-29 March 1990 (reference)

• Jay's Journal of Anomalies : Conjurers, Cheats, Hustlers, Hoaxsters, Pranksters, Jokesters, Imposters, Pretenders, Side-Show Showmen, Armless Calligraphers, Mechanical Marvels, Popular Entertainments (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• International Journal Of Mechanical Engineering Education (reference)

• Journal Of Japan Society Of Mechanical Engineers (reference)

• Journal Of Mechanical Design (reference)

• Mechanical Engineering (reference)

• Mechanical Solutions (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Mechanical Drills For Pitchers (reference)

• Mechanical Ventilation Made Really Easy (reference)

• Mechanical Violator Hakaider (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Mechanical Animals (Clean Cover) [EXPLICIT LYRICS] (reference)

• Mechanical Resonance (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Pentax Mechanical Stage (for 30078 Macrophoto Stand) (reference)

• Mechanical Engineering Library (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Health O Meter HAB957KD23 Teardrop Mechanical Platform Scale (reference)

• Healthometer C47D-01 Square Mechanical Scale (reference)

• SALTER HOUSEWARES 454 Mechanical Bathroom Scale: Silver (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Mechanical sounding apparatus on the MARINDUQUE. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Operating the mechanical sounding engine on the MARINDUQUE. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship SIALIA. This ship was returned to the Navy after only a few months service with the C&GS because of mechanical problems. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Figure 69. Langevin quartz ultrasonic projector. This device was built in 1925 by the Society for Condensation and Mechanical Applications based on work by Paul Langevin. It was also distributed by the Marconi Company. It consisted of a piezo-electric emitter. No informatin exists concerning tests and use of this instrument. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

TIROS M mechanical and thermal test model. TIROS M was known more widely as ITOS 1. Credit: NOAA in Space.

Mechanical probe samples grain for testing at elevator in Charleston, SC. Credit: USDA.

Interior, second floor, west side. Photograph by Jet Lowe, September 1981. (Reproduction Number: HABS, COLO, 42-DOL.V,4A-10) This wooden dairy barn, built in 1918, is the largest outbuilding on the Ritter Ranch, once the most technologically advanced ranch in the Lower Dolores Valley of Colorado. Divided crosswise by a central breezeway on the first floor and lengthwise by two rows of wooden poles supporting the roof, the barn has an airy and peaceful hayloft shown here that contrasts sharply with the complicated machinery of the work area below. The barn featured a metal manure car that ran along a track--just one of the many mechanical devices used at this state-of-the-art farm. Credit: Library of Congress.

A & M Consolidated School, Agricultural and Mechanical College, Texas. Credit: Library of Congress.

Apparatus used to convert electrical energy into mechanical rotation, the basis of dynamos, using bar magnet, beaker of mercury, and current carrying wire] / A.A., del. ; J.B. Taylor, sc. Credit: Library of Congress.

Mechanical laboratory, University of Virginia. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

The cup moves because certain mechanical forces are impressed on it by my hand

They took that indescribable, stupefied, and mechanical shape, which is peculiar to despair

Mechanical engineering

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Possible problems with implants include mechanical breakdown and infection. (references)

Mechanical aids that help chest physical therapy are available commercially. (references)

Dissolution of gallstones by both mechanical and biochemical means is available. (references)

Business

First, there are electrical, mechanical, body parts and tire specialists. (references)

Technical skills such as engineering in the mechanical, civil and electronic/electrical fields. (references)

Local firms that manufacture mechanical gym equipment also manufacture mechanical home equipment. (references)

Children

Italy

The law mandates access to buildings for persons with disabilities, and the Government generally enforces these provisions in practice; however, persons with disabilities occasionally encounter situations, particularly in public transport, in which mechanical barriers leave them at a disadvantage. (references)

Economic History

Ukraine

The rest are serviced by obsolete relay and mechanical equipment. (references)

Bahamas

The Bahamas does not produce machinery or mechanical appliances of its own. (references)

Human Rights

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

A school program began with courses in carpentry, tailoring, baking, and mechanical engineering. (references)

Romania

The victim, a worker at the Mechanical Plant in Cugir, was suspected of stealing construction materials. (references)

Political Economy

PAKISTAN

There are currently about 4,600 national standards for agriculture and food, chemicals, civil and mechanical engineering, electronics, weights and measures, and textile products. (references)

Trade

Germany

Important marks are the "gepruefte Sicherheit" (GS) mark for mechanical products, and the "Verband Deutscher Elektrotechniker" (VDE) mark for electrical components. (references)

Japan

Japanese customs regulations, like those of the United States, can be cumbersome, difficult to understand, and sometimes frustrating, but they are largely mechanical. (references)

Pakistan

PSQCA has so far established about 4,600 national standards for agriculture and food, chemicals, civil and mechanical engineering, electronics, weights and measures, and textile products. (references)

Travel

Kenya

Safaris are best undertaken with a minimum of two vehicles so that there is a backup in case of mechanical failure or other emergency. (references)

Spain

The thieves typically divert the driver's attention by pointing out a mechanical problem then steal items from the vehicle while the driver is looking away. (references)

Worker Rights

Lebanon

Children are prohibited from working between the hours of 7 p.m. and 6 a.m. The Code also prohibits certain types of mechanical work for children between the ages of 8 and 13 and other types for those between the ages of 13 and 16. The law prohibits children under the age of 16 from working in jobs that jeopardize their health, safety, or morals and requires that employers give children at least 20 hours of annual leave. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "mechanical": accumulative latching mechanical system ♦ american Society of Mechanical Engineers ♦ brown mechanical pulp board ♦ brown mechanical pulp paperboard ♦ canceling release mechanical system ♦ cancelling release mechanical system ♦ interdependent mechanical system ♦ mechanical adding machine ♦ mechanical advantage ♦ mechanical aids ♦ mechanical amalgamator ♦ mechanical arm ♦ mechanical blower ♦ mechanical device ♦ mechanical drawing ♦ Mechanical effect ♦ mechanical efficiency of work ♦ mechanical energy ♦ mechanical engineer ♦ mechanical engineering ♦ mechanical equipment injury ♦ Mechanical equivalent of heat ♦ mechanical facilities ♦ mechanical feeder ♦ mechanical force ♦ mechanical joint ♦ mechanical life ♦ mechanical man ♦ Mechanical maneuvers ♦ mechanical means of obtaining soundness ♦ mechanical mixture ♦ mechanical movements ♦ mechanical phenomenon ♦ Mechanical philosophy ♦ mechanical piano ♦ mechanical power ♦ Mechanical powers ♦ mechanical press ♦ mechanical rake ♦ mechanical recording head ♦ mechanical reproducer ♦ mechanical rig ♦ mechanical room ♦ mechanical shovel ♦ Mechanical solution ♦ mechanical stoker ♦ mechanical sweep ♦ mechanical sweeper ♦ mechanical system ♦ mechanical traction ♦ mechanical trauma ♦ Mechanical ventilation ♦ mechanical woodpulp paper ♦ mechanical zero ♦ momentary mechanical system ♦ purely mechanical steering transmission ♦ the mechanical arts ♦ The useful mechanical or industrial arts. Additional references.

Beginning with "mechanical": mechanical-looking, mechanical-typewriter.

Ending with "mechanical": bio-mechanical, electro-mechanical, non-mechanical, quantum-mechanical, semi-mechanical.

Albanian

mekanik (air mechanic, engineer, grease monkey, machinal, machinist, mechanic, mechanician, perfunctory), automatik (automatic, automatical, coin-operated, robot, submachine gunner). (various references)

Arabic 

‏ميكانيكي (grease monkey, mechanistic), ‏متعلق بعلم الميكانيكا, ‏أوتماتيكي, ‏آلي (power driven, powered, self acting). (various references)

Bulgarian 

фабричен (factorial, factory, manufacturing), технически сръчен, несъзнателен (instinctive, unconscious, unwitting), неоригинален (imitative, ready-for-service, sequacious, unoriginal), механистичен (mechanistic), механичен (mechanic, perfunctory), машинен (engine, engineering, machine), машинален (automatic, automatical, involuntary), занаятчийски, автоматичен (auto, automatic, automatical, robot, self acting), индустриален (industrial, technical). (various references)

Chinese 

机械 (machinery), 機械 (machine). (various references)

Czech

mechanický (mechanic). (various references)

Danish

mekanisk formholder (dummy, mechanical boy), mekanisk system med gensidig udløsning (interdependent mechanical system), mekanisk spadning (mechanical rotative spading), mekanisk skovl (beaver loader, mechanical shovel), mekanisk signalsystem (mechanical signaling system, mechanical signalling system), mekanisk redskab til mejning af vandplanter (mechanical appliance for cutting water-weeds), mekanisk proevning (mechanical test), mekanisk nulstilling (mechanical zero), mekanisk luftskifte (mechanical ventilation), mekanisk lift (mechanical lift, power lift), mekanisk kraft (force, mechanical force, power), mekanisk system med partiel udløsemekanisme (canceling release mechanical system, cancelling release mechanical system), mekanisk klippemaskine til dyr (mechanical clipper for animals), mekanisk energi (mechanical energy), mekanisk fordelingsstation (constructional overlap, mechanical sectioning), mekanisk flyveaskeudskiller (cyclone dust separator, mechanical grit-arrestor), mekanisk bronchit (mechanical bronchitis, Potter bronchitis), mekanisk boreanlæg (mechanical rig), mekanisk arm (mechanical arm), maskinvæv (mechanical loom), maskinværksted (machine shop, mechanical workshop), maskinudsæd (mechanical sowing, mechanized seeding), maskinsyl (mechanical awl), maskinsav (bench saw, mechanical saw, mill saw, power saw), maelkemaskine (mechanical milker, milker, milking machine), mekanisk klokke (mechanical bell), mekanisk ventilation (mechanical ventilation), mekaniske egenskaber i ubehandlet tilstand (mechanical properties in the untreated condition), mellemoere-tunghoerhed (conductive deafness, mechanical deafness, middle ear deafness), mekanisk væv (mechanical loom), mekanisk borerig (mechanical rig), katalysatorerne oedelaegges hurtigt paa grund af varme og mekanisk paavirkning (catalysers are quickly destroyed by thermal and mechanical action), forkloeftede klippemassers mekaniske adfaerd (mechanical behaviour of jointed rock masses), fremstilling af maskiner og materiel til miner,metalværker,valseværker,støberier og til bygge-og anlægsvirksomhed samt kraner,hejseværker og andet internt transportmateriel (civil engineering and the building trade;manufacture of mechanical handling equipment, manufacture of plant for mines, the iron and steel industry and foundries), haardhedskurven i afhaengighed af gloedetemperaturen viser hele processes;foerst et fremadskridende fald i haardhed:det svarer til restitutionen af de mekaniske egenskaber af staalet,saa et pludseligt fald i haardhed:det angiver polygoniseringstrinet,og e (the curve of hardness as a function of annealing temperature illustrates the entire process. The first stage is a progressive decrease in hardness corresponding to the period of recovery of the meChanical properties of the steel, then a sudden fall-off in hardness which marks the period of polygonization, then nucleation), hakkemaskine (chopper, hoeing machine, mechanical hoe, mincer), hensigtsmaessigt kan man braekke det brugsfaerdige emne efter afsluttet varmebehandling-f.eks.homogenisering,evt.normalisering,bratkoeling,anloebning-eller bestemme dets mekaniske egenskaber (in practice the method may be used of breaking the piece in the ready-for-use condition after complete treatment - for example homogenizing, possibly normalizing, quenching and tempering - or by measuring its mechanical properties), ischemi (anemia, bloodlessness, exsanguination, ischemia, local anemia due to mechanical obstruction(mainly arterial narrowing)of the blood supply), iskemi (anemia, bloodlessness, exsanguination, ischemia, local anemia due to mechanical obstruction(mainly arterial narrowing)of the blood supply), det produkt, hvoraf proevestykker til mekanisk proevning udtages, kan enten vaere en del af leverancen eller et saerlig fremstillet stykke (the product from which test pieces for mechanical tests are taken may be either one of the products presented for acceptance or a sample product), koldvalsning anvendes enten som en formgivningsoperation for at opnaa gode tykkelsestolerancer og en smuk overflade eller som et middel til at forande pladens mekaniske eller magnetiske egenskaber (cold rolling is employed either as a shaping operation to obtain good thickness tolerances and a good surface, or as a means of modifying the mechanical or magnetic properties of sheet material), konduktiv tunghoerhed (conductive deafness, mechanical deafness, middle ear deafness), konduktivt hoeretab (conductive (hearing) loss, conductive deafness, mechanical deafness, middle ear deafness, obstructive loss), iskaemi (anemia, bloodlessness, exsanguination, ischemia, local anemia due to mechanical obstruction(mainly arterial narrowing)of the blood supply), fordeler (distributor), fejemaskine (mechanical sweeper, road sweeper, sweeper), låsemekanisme med separat udløseknap (accumulative latching mechanical system), det koldvalsede baand maa mellemgloedes for at fjerne de mekaniske spaendinger og uregelmaessighederne i krystalstrukturen (the cold-rolled strip should undergo an intermediate annealing process to eliminate mechanical stresses and achieve an even crystalline structure), det austenitiske chrom-nikkel-siliciumstaal anvendes til emner,hvor der udover bestandighed mod oxyderende gasarter op til 1150 grader C tillige forlanges gode mekaniske egenskaber (coupled with rather special mechanical properties, this austenitic chromium-nickel silicon steel is used for applications requiring oxidation resistance up to ll5OÖC), den tekniske udvikling for hoetilberedningsmaskiner begyndte med maskiner,der kun udfoerte én enkelt arbejdsoperation (in the first stage of mechanical hay making the machines were single purpose machines), den sidste operation skal give produktet dets mekaniske brugsegenskaber:slutgloedning for plader,der er bestemt til senere dybtraekning eller falsning og afsluttende koldvalsning for plader med hoej flydegraense til konstruktionsformaal (the last operation which the sheet undergoes decides the mechanical properties it will have in use: sheets destined for subsequent forming operations such as deep-drawing or bending are given a final anneal, whereas constructional sheet of high yield strength is given a final workhardening). (various references)

Dutch

mechanisch. (various references)

Esperanto

mekanika, meĥanika. (various references)

Finnish

mekaaninen, konemainen, koneellinen. (various references)

French

mécanique (mechanic, mechanics). (various references)

German

mechanisch (mechanically). (various references)

Greek 

μηχανικόσ (engineer, machinist, mechanician, perfunctory, robot). (various references)

Hebrew 

מוכני (pulley), מכני. (various references)

Hungarian

mechanikai (mechanic), gépies (automatic, mechanic), gépi (mechanic, stoker). (various references)

Italian

meccanico (machinelike, mechanic, mechanician, perfunctory). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

力学的 , メール交換 (10^6, correspondence, exchange of letters, mace, mail, mail order, mailer, mailing, mailing list, main, main amp, main bank, main course, main culture, main event, main gate, main pole, main stand, main street, main table, main title, mainframe, main-memory, make, make-up, mate, mechanic, mechanical automation, mechanics, mechanism, mechatronics, mega-, mega trend, megacycle, megaton, MT), 機械的 , 機械仕掛け (mechanized). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

メカニカル , メカ (mechanic, mechanism), きかいじかけ (mechanized), きかいてき, りきがくてき. (various references)

Korean 

기계 (machine). (various references)

Pig Latin

echanicalmay.(various references)

Portuguese

mecânico (engineer, fitter, machine, machinist, mechanic, mechanician, mechanist, mechanistic, operative). (various references)

Romanian

mecanicist (mechanistic), mecanic (by power, driver, machinist, mechanic, mechanician, mechanistic, mechanistically, operator, tender), maşinal (mechanically, unconscious), de maşini, de maşinã (machinal), automat (automatic, automaton, penny-in-the-slot, self acting, self-recording). (various references)

Russian 

механистический (mechanistic), механический (machinal, mechanic), машинный (computer based, computer generated, computer-based, computer-generated, comtuter-generated, engine, machinal, machine, mechanic), машинальный (automatic), автоматический (auto, automatic, automatical, machine-created, robot, self acting, self-acting, typematic, unattended, unmanned, unstaffed, unwatched). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

mehanički (mechanic, mechanically), mašinski (machine). (various references)

Spanish

mecanico (clockwork), mecánico (chauffeur, driver, engineer, fitterman, grease monkey, machine, machinist, mechanic, mechanistic, perfunctory, power driven, repairman, rigger, soulless), maquinal (mechanic). (various references)

Swedish

mekaniker (engineer, fitter, mechanic, mechanist), maskinell. (various references)

Thai

เกี่ยวกับเครื่องจักรกล, ซึ่งไม่มีชีวิตจิตใจ, ซึ่งผลิตโดยเครื่องจักร. (various references)

Turkish

mekanik (mech, mechanic, mechanics), makineye ait (mechanic), makine ile yapılan (mechanic). (various references)

Turkmen 

зertяor (r) (draft, mechanical drawing). (various references)

Ukrainian

машинний (mechanic), автоматичний (automatic, automatical, mechanic, self acting). (various references)

Vietnamese 

không sáng tạo. (various references)

Welsh

peiriannol. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "mechanical": mechanically, mechanicals. (additional references)

Words ending with "mechanical": biomechanical, electromechanical, hydromechanical, nonmechanical, photomechanical. (additional references)

Words containing "mechanical": biomechanically, electromechanically, photomechanically. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Mechanical" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Maccanico, meachanical, mecanica, mecanical, meccanico, mechancial, Mechanicae, mechanican, mechnical. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: achenial, alchemic, analcime, calamine, calcanei, chemical, inchmeal, mechanic.

-3 letters: acclaim, anaemic, calcine, caliche, camelia, chalice, chancel, chicane, clachan, laminae, macchia, macchie, machine, manacle, melanic.

-4 letters: aecial, alcaic, anemia, anemic, animal, anlace, caecal, caiman, calami, camail, cancel, cancha, celiac, chacma, chaine, chance, chemic, chicle, chimla, cicala, cicale, cinema, clench, cliche, clinch, haemal, haemic, haemin.

+1 letter: mechanicals.

+2 letters: mechanically, melancholiac.

+3 letters: biomechanical, catecholamine, melancholiacs, nonmechanical.

+4 letters: catecholamines.

+5 letters: biomechanically, hydromechanical, mechanistically, mechanochemical, photomechanical.