MECHANIC
\mɪkˈanɪk], \mɪkˈanɪk], \m_ɪ_k_ˈa_n_ɪ_k]\
Definitions of MECHANIC
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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The art of the application of the laws of motion or force to construction.
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Having to do with the application of the laws of motion in the art of constructing or making things; of or pertaining to mechanics; mechanical; as, the mechanic arts.
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Of or pertaining to a mechanic or artificer, or to the class of artisans; hence, rude; common; vulgar.
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By Oddity Software
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The art of the application of the laws of motion or force to construction.
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Having to do with the application of the laws of motion in the art of constructing or making things; of or pertaining to mechanics; mechanical; as, the mechanic arts.
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Of or pertaining to a mechanic or artificer, or to the class of artisans; hence, rude; common; vulgar.
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Base.
By Noah Webster.
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A skilled workman, especially one who understands the construction and use of machinery.
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Of or pertaining to a workman, especially one with knowledge of machinery; involving skill with the hands; pertaining to machinery; as, the mechanic arts.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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An artisan.
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Pertaining to machines or mechanics; done by, or as if by, a machine; acting by physical force.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Pertaining to mechanics; materialistic; atomistic.
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One exercising a mechanical employment.
By James Champlin Fernald
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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.
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One skilled or employed in a craft or in a mechanical occupation; an artisan or operative.
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.
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A skilled workman; an artisan.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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