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machinery
English
Etymology
From French machinerie (“machinery”), from machine (“machine”); see machine.
Pronunciation
- enPR: m?-sh?'n?-r?, IPA(key): /m???i?n??i/
- Rhymes: -i?n??i
Noun
machinery (countable and uncountable, plural machineries)
- The machines constituting a production apparatus, in a plant etc., collectively.
- The working parts of a machine as a group.
- The collective parts of something which allow it to function.
- All of the machinery of the law was brought to bear on the investigation.
- (figuratively) The literary devices used in a work, notably for dramatic effect
Derived terms
- heavy machinery
- political machinery
Related terms
- machinist
Translations
Further reading
- machinery in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- machinery in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- hemicrany
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mechanical
English
Etymology
From Middle English mechanical, mechanicalle, mechanycalle, equivalent to mechanic +? -al.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m??kæn?k(?)l/
Adjective
mechanical (comparative more mechanical, superlative most mechanical)
- (now rare) Characteristic of someone who does manual labour for a living; coarse, vulgar.
- Related to mechanics (the branch of physics that deals with forces acting on mass).
- Related to mechanics (the design and construction of machines).
- Done by machine.
- Using mechanics (the design and construction of machines): being a machine.
- As if performed by a machine: lifeless or mindless.
- (of a person) Acting as if one were a machine: lifeless or mindless.
- (informal) Handy with machines.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Noun
mechanical (plural mechanicals)
- (advertising) Manually created layout of artwork that is camera ready for photographic reproduction.
- 2009, New York State Sales and Use Tax Law and Regulations
- In order to produce the posters, the advertising agency purchases photographs, composition and artwork and fabricates such property to produce layouts and mechanicals.
- 2009, New York State Sales and Use Tax Law and Regulations
- One who does manual labor, especially one who is similar to Shakespeare's rude mechanicals
- (science fiction) A robot or mechanical creature.
- (engineering) A mechanical engineer.
- (cycling) An instance of equipment failure.
- (music) A stop on an organ that is operated by a hand or foot control rather than having to be manually set up in advance.
- (archaic) A machine that performs a job typically accomplished using an animal or manual labor.
Synonyms
- (camera-ready artwork): pasteup
Further reading
- "mechanical" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 201.
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