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      mechanical
      noun
      (science fiction) A robot or mechanical creature.
      (engineering) A mechanical engineer.
      (cycling) An instance of equipment failure.
      (music) A stop on an organ that is operated by a hand or foot control rather than having to be manually set up in advance.
      (advertising) Manually created layout of artwork that is camera ready for photographic reproduction.
      One who does manual labor, especially one who is similar to Shakespeare's rude mechanicals
      (archaic) A machine that performs a job typically accomplished using an animal or manual labor.
      adjective
      Done by machine.
      Related to mechanics (the branch of physics that deals with forces acting on matter).
      Related to mechanics (the design and construction of machines).
      (figurative) As if performed by a machine: lifeless, mindless, thoughtless, automatic.
      (of a person) Acting as if one were a machine: lifeless or mindless.
      (informal) Handy with machines.
      Using mechanics (the design and construction of machines): being a machine.
      Relating to the mechanics of a game.
      (now rare) Characteristic of someone who does manual labour for a living; coarse, vulgar.
      Roots
      mechanemechan- · Greek · machine, device
      Synonyms for mechanical
      mechanisticadjbiomechanicaladjmechanizedadjautomatedadj
      Words related to mechanical
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