MECHANICAL
\mɪkˈanɪkə͡l], \mɪkˈanɪkəl], \m_ɪ_k_ˈa_n_ɪ_k_əl]\
Definitions of MECHANICAL
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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lacking thought or feeling
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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"
By Princeton University
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lacking thought or feeling
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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"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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Made and operated by interaction of forces without a directing intelligence; as, a mechanical universe.
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Obtained by trial, by measurements, etc.; approximate; empirical. See the 2d Note under Geometric.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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Made and operated by interaction of forces without a directing intelligence; as, a mechanical universe.
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Obtained by trial, by measurements, etc.; approximate; empirical. See the 2d Note under Geometric.
By Noah Webster.
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Mechanically.
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Mechanicalness.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Mechanically.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
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Constructed according to the principles of mechanics; applying to machines; acting as a mere machine: done in the manner of a machine, or by force of mere habit; pertaining to artisans or mechanics: acting by physical power, without chemical change. Mechanical philosophy, a philosophy which would account for things on the principles of mere mechanics. Mechanical powers, the lever, the wheel and axle, the pulley, the inclined plane, the wedge, and the screw, the elementary contrivances of which all machines are composed.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Pert. to machines; constructed or performed according to the laws of mechanics; physical, or not chemical; manual, or not mental; done by a machine; done by mere force of habit.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Robley Dunglison
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