mechanical

Signification (Anglais)

Adj

1. (archaic) Characteristic of someone who does manual labour for a living; coarse, vulgar.
2. Related to mechanics (the branch of physics that deals with forces acting on matter).
3. Related to mechanics (the design and construction of machines).
4. Done by machine.
5. Using mechanics (the design and construction of machines): being a machine.
6. (figuratively) As if performed by a machine: lifeless, mindless, thoughtless, automatic.
7. Acting as if one were a machine: lifeless or mindless.
8. (informal) Handy with machines.

Noun

1. Manually created layout of artwork that is camera ready for photographic reproduction.
2. One who does manual labor, especially one who is similar to Shakespeare's rude mechanicals
3. A robot or mechanical creature.
4. A mechanical engineer.
5. An instance of equipment failure.
6. A stop on an organ that is operated by a hand or foot control rather than having to be manually set up in advance.
7. (archaic) A machine that performs a job typically accomplished using an animal or manual labor.

Concepts

mécanique

machinal

automatique

mécanicien

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Synonymes

automatic

mechanic

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machine

machinelike

mechanically skillful

involuntary

power-driven

motorized

clockwork

mechanized

motive

perfunctory

self-acting

technical

utilitarian

vehicular

vibrational

washer

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motorised

mech

powered engineering

self-propellent

absent-minded

machinal

automated

crane

engineering

instrumental

machine-building

manual

mechanics

mechanised

Traductions

meccanico

mechanisch

mecánico

mecânico

werktuiglijk

mechanisch

mecànic

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ميكانيكي

mekanik

μηχανικός

maquinal

macchinale

dynamisch

βάναυσος

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/məˈkænɪkəl/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: mechanical

In summary

From Middle English mechanical, mechanicalle, mechanycalle, equivalent to mechanic + -al.

Phrases

A mechanical alien head was also used for close-ups .

Natural surveillance measures can be complemented by mechanical and organizational measures .

Les mesures de surveillance naturelle peuvent être complétées par des mesures mécaniques et organisationnelles.