me|chan´i|cal|ness

me|chan´i|cal|ness
me|chan|i|cal «muh KAN uh kuhl», adjective, noun.
–adj.
1. of or having something to do with machinery: »

Mechanical problems are usually more interesting to boys than to girls.

2. made or worked by machinery.
3. Figurative. like a machine; automatic; without expression or feeling: »

Her reading is very mechanical.

SYNONYM(S): stereotyped.
4. having to do with or in accordance with the science of mechanics: »

a mechanical law.

5. Archaic. of or having to do with artisans.
–n.
1. a mechanical part or object: »

The basic mechanicals—artwork, films, and so on—were…produced in Italy (Murry Leask).

2. Printing. a finished piece of copy ready for photomechanical reproduction.
me|chan´i|cal|ness, noun.

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