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Webster 1913 Edition
Mechanical
2.
Of or pertaining to a machine or to machinery or tools; made or formed by a machine or with tools;
as,
mechanical
precision; mechanical
products.We have also divers
mechanical
arts. Bacon.
3.
Done as if by a machine; uninfluenced by will or emotion; proceeding automatically, or by habit, without special intention or reflection;
as,
mechanical
singing; mechanical
verses; mechanical
service.4.
Made and operated by interaction of forces without a directing intelligence;
as, a
. mechanical
universe5.
Obtained by trial, by measurements, etc.; approximate; empirical. See the 2d Note under
Geometric
. Mechanical effect
, effective power; useful work exerted, as by a machine, in a definite time.
– Mechanical engineering
. See the Note under
– Engineering
. Mechanical maneuvers
(Mil.)
, the application of mechanical appliances to the mounting, dismounting, and moving of artillery.
Farrow.
– Mechanical philosophy
, the principles of mechanics applied to the investigation of physical phenomena.
– Mechanical powers
, certain simple instruments, such as the lever and its modifications (the wheel and axle and the pulley), the inclined plane with its modifications (the screw and the wedge), which convert a small force acting through a great space into a great force acting through a small space, or vice versa, and are used separately or in combination.
– Mechanical solution
(Math.)
, a solution of a problem by any art or contrivance not strictly geometrical, as by means of the ruler and compasses, or other instruments.
Me-chan′ic-al
,Noun.
A mechanic.
[Obs.]
Shak.