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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)

  1. (now rare) Characteristic of someone who does manual labour for a living; coarse, vulgar.
  2. Related to mechanics (the branch of physics that deals with forces acting on mass).
  3. Related to mechanics (the design and construction of machines).
  4. Done by machine.
  5. Using mechanics (the design and construction of machines): being a machine.
  6. As if performed by a machine: lifeless or mindless.
  7. (of a person) Acting as if one were a machine: lifeless or mindless.
  8. (informal) Handy with machines.

Derived terms

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Translations

Noun

mechanical (plural mechanicals)

  1. (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.
  2. One who does manual labor, especially one who is similar to Shakespeare's rude mechanicals
  3. (science fiction) A robot or mechanical creature.
  4. (engineering) A mechanical engineer.
  5. (cycling) An instance of equipment failure.
  6. (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.
  7. (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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attrit

English

Etymology

Back-formation from attrition.

Verb

attrit (third-person singular simple present attrits, present participle attritting, simple past and past participle attritted)

  1. To wear down through attrition, especially mechanical attrition
  2. To engage in attrition; to quit or drop out
  3. To be reduced in quantity through attrition
  4. (military) To lose, or to kill, troops by attrition due to sustained firepower

Noun

attrit (plural attrits)

  1. (countable) One who voluntarily or involuntarily leaves a company; a termed employee

Synonyms

  • (a terminated employee): term

Derived terms

  • attritee
  • attritor

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