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Adjective: mechanical  mi'ka-ni-kul
  1. Using (or as if using) mechanisms, tools or devices
    "a mechanical process"; "his smile was very mechanical"; "a mechanical toy"
     
  2. Relating to or concerned with machinery or tools
    "mechanical arts";
    - mechanically skillful [N. Amer], technical
     
  3. 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"

See also: automatic, automatonlike, machinelike, mechanic, mechanised [Brit], mechanistic, mechanized, robotic, robotlike, windup

Antonym: nonmechanical

Encyclopedia: Mechanical, electrical and plumbing