mechanical

8 definitions • 10 examples

operated by a machine, or connected with machines or their parts:

a mechanical device

The company produces mechanical parts for airplane engines.

The plane appeared to have crashed because of a mechanical problem.

relating to movement, or to mechanics (= the study of the effect of physical forces on objects and their movement):

a study of the effects of mechanical forces on bones

without thinking about what you are doing, especially because you do something often:

He gave a mechanical response.

of machines or their parts:

a mechanical problem

Mechanical forces are physical forces that cause objects or matter to move.

without thinking about what you are doing, esp. because you do it often:

The garbagemen worked in a slow, mechanical way.

relating to engines or machines, or the way they operate:

The company produces mechanical parts for airplane engines.

a mechanical problem

operated by a complicated system of parts or by a machine:

Modern computers are far more elaborate and powerful than the mechanical devices designed by Babbage.