mechanical
adjective /məˈkænɪkl/
/məˈkænɪkl/
- operated by power from an engine
- a mechanical device/toy/clock
- mechanical parts
- relating to machines and engines
- mechanical problems/defects
- The breakdown was due to a mechanical failure.
- (often disapproving) (of people’s behaviour and actions) done without thinking, like a machine synonym routine
- a mechanical gesture/response
- My work has become mechanical—I could do it in my sleep.
- connected with the physical laws of movement and cause and effect (= with mechanics)
- mechanical processes
- (of a person) good at understanding how machines work
Word Originlate Middle English (describing an art or occupation concerned with the construction of machines): via Latin from Greek mēkhanikos (from mēkhanē, from mēkhos ‘contrivance’) + -al.