MECHANICAL
Dictionary entry overview: What does mechanical mean?
• MECHANICAL (adjective)
The adjective MECHANICAL has 3 senses:
1. using (or as if using) mechanisms or tools or devices
2. relating to or concerned with machinery or tools
3. relating to or governed by or in accordance with mechanics
Familiarity information: MECHANICAL used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• MECHANICAL (adjective)
Meaning:
Using (or as if using) mechanisms or tools or devices
Context examples:
a mechanical process / his smile was very mechanical / a mechanical toy
Similar:
automatic; automatonlike; machinelike; robotlike (like the unthinking functioning of a machine)
mechanic (resembling the action of a machine)
mechanistic (explained in terms of physical forces)
mechanised; mechanized (equipped with machinery)
windup (operated by a mechanism)
Antonym:
nonmechanical (not mechanical)
Meaning:
Relating to or concerned with machinery or tools
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
mechanically skillful; mechanical
Context examples:
mechanical arts / mechanical design / mechanical skills
Pertainym:
machinery (machines or machine systems collectively)
Meaning:
Relating to or governed by or in accordance with mechanics
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context examples:
a belief that the universe is a mechanical contrivance / the mechanical pressure of a strong wind
Pertainym:
mechanics (the branch of physics concerned with the motion of bodies in a frame of reference)
