mechanologyn.

Brit.

/ˌmɛkəˈnɒlədʒi/, U.S.

/ˌmɛkəˈnɑlədʒi/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mechano- comb. form, -logy comb. form.

Etymology: < mechano- comb. form + -logy comb. form. In sense 2 perhaps after post-classical Latin mechanologia treatment of the mechanic arts (1630 in Alsted Encycl.). Compare French mécanologie (1932 in the passage translated in quot. 1959 at sense 2).

1. In the terminology of T. De Quincey: (the study of) the mechanisms of literary style. Cf. organology n. 2. Now historical.

ΚΠ

1840 T. De Quincey Style in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 16/1 The science of style, considered as a machine..might be called the mechanology of style.

1874 Presbyterian Q. & Princeton Rev. Oct. 668 We most cordially endorse his [sc. De Quincey's] exhaustive analysis of style into Mechanology and Organology.

1888 Trans. & Proc. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. 3 p. xlix He [sc. Macaulay] emphasizes what de Quincy calls the mechanology and does not sufficiently emphasize the organology. He emphasizes the form and does not sufficiently emphasize the thought behind the form.

1908 Mod. Lang. Notes 24 10/2 His [sc. De Quincey's] Organology and Mechanology, and his passage on Publication, are too brief and general to be called developed theses.

1989 M. Jacobus Romanticism, Writing & Sexual Difference (1994) ii. v. 133 The famous distinction between an ‘organology’ and a ‘mechanology’ of style is an attempt to free writing—his writing—from the death-dealing machine and to sublimate it in funereal organ music.

2. The science of machines and mechanisms. Formerly also: a treatise dealing with this.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > [noun] > science or knowledge of > treatise

mechanology1865

1865 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (rev. ed.) Mechanology, a description of, or treatise on, machines or apparatus used in medicine or surgery.

1918 Science 9 Aug. 140/2 A suggested sample definition is as follows: a mechanologist is a person who is versed in the science of mechanics, or mechanology, and who may, in addition, be skilled in applying the science.

1959 V. Mackay tr. G. T. Guilbaud What is Cybernetics? i. 10 Although the study and construction of machines of all sorts owes much to advances in mechanics, physics and chemistry, nevertheless mechanology—the science of machines as such, the science of the organized constructions of man—is not a branch of these sciences.

1996 Sensors & Actuators A. 54 753/2 Professor Zhou is the chairman of the Department of Precision Instruments and Mechanology.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mechanology
释义	mechanologyn. Brit. /ˌmɛkəˈnɒlədʒi/, U.S. /ˌmɛkəˈnɑlədʒi/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mechano- comb. form, -logy comb. form. Etymology: < mechano- comb. form + -logy comb. form. In sense 2 perhaps after post-classical Latin mechanologia treatment of the mechanic arts (1630 in Alsted Encycl.). Compare French mécanologie (1932 in the passage translated in quot. 1959 at sense 2). 1. In the terminology of T. De Quincey: (the study of) the mechanisms of literary style. Cf. organology n. 2. Now historical. ΚΠ 1840 T. De Quincey Style in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 16/1 The science of style, considered as a machine..might be called the mechanology of style. 1874 Presbyterian Q. & Princeton Rev. Oct. 668 We most cordially endorse his [sc. De Quincey's] exhaustive analysis of style into Mechanology and Organology. 1888 Trans. & Proc. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. 3 p. xlix He [sc. Macaulay] emphasizes what de Quincy calls the mechanology and does not sufficiently emphasize the organology. He emphasizes the form and does not sufficiently emphasize the thought behind the form. 1908 Mod. Lang. Notes 24 10/2 His [sc. De Quincey's] Organology and Mechanology, and his passage on Publication, are too brief and general to be called developed theses. 1989 M. Jacobus Romanticism, Writing & Sexual Difference (1994) ii. v. 133 The famous distinction between an ‘organology’ and a ‘mechanology’ of style is an attempt to free writing—his writing—from the death-dealing machine and to sublimate it in funereal organ music. 2. The science of machines and mechanisms. Formerly also: a treatise dealing with this. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > [noun] > science or knowledge of > treatise mechanology1865 1865 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (rev. ed.) Mechanology, a description of, or treatise on, machines or apparatus used in medicine or surgery. 1918 Science 9 Aug. 140/2 A suggested sample definition is as follows: a mechanologist is a person who is versed in the science of mechanics, or mechanology, and who may, in addition, be skilled in applying the science. 1959 V. Mackay tr. G. T. Guilbaud What is Cybernetics? i. 10 Although the study and construction of machines of all sorts owes much to advances in mechanics, physics and chemistry, nevertheless mechanology—the science of machines as such, the science of the organized constructions of man—is not a branch of these sciences. 1996 Sensors & Actuators A. 54 753/2 Professor Zhou is the chairman of the Department of Precision Instruments and Mechanology. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1840
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