mechanical

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Operated by or relating to machines or tools.

   The factory uses a mechanical process to fill the bottles.

2. 2
   adj

   Relating to mechanics, the branch of physics about forces and motion.

   He studied mechanical engineering at university.

3. 3
   adj

   Done automatically, without thought or feeling.

   Her reply was flat and mechanical, as if she had said it a hundred times.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-der.? Ancient Greek μηχᾰνή (mēkhănḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek μηχᾰνῐκός (mēkhănĭkós)bor. Latin mēchanicusder. Old French mecaniquebor. Middle English mechanic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English mechanical English mechanical From Middle English mechanical, mechanicalle, mechanycalle, equivalent to mechanic + -al.

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