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   me·chan·i·cal

   /məˈkanək(ə)l/

   adjective

   • 1. working or produced by machines or machinery: "a mechanical device"
   • ▪ relating to machines or machinery: "a mechanical genius"
   • 2. (of a person or action) not having or showing thought or spontaneity; automatic: "she stopped the mechanical brushing of her hair" Similar automaticmachine-likeunthinkingunemotionalunconsciousinvoluntaryinstinctiveroutinematter-of-facthabitualinattentiveunfeelingimpersonalinhumanlifelesssoullessuninspiredunanimatedcasualperfunctorycursorycarelessunimaginativenegligentOpposite consciousemotionalcareful
   • 3. relating to physical forces or motion; physical: "the smoothness was the result of mechanical abrasion"
   • ▪ (of a theory) explaining phenomena in terms only of physical processes. archaic
   • ▪ relating to mechanics as a science. archaic Similar mechanizedmachine-drivenautomatedautomaticmotor-drivenpower-drivenself-propelledOpposite manual

   noun

   • 1. the working parts of a machine, especially a car: "a major overhaul of the mechanicals"
   • 2. (especially with allusion to Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream) a manual worker: archaic "rude mechanicals"
   • 3. a completed assembly of artwork and copy, typically mounted on a sheet of stiff paper. US

   Word Origin late Middle English (describing an art or occupation concerned with the construction of machines): via Latin from Greek mēkhanikos (see mechanic) + -al.

   Derivatives

   • 1. mechanicalness noun

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