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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.
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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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misfeed
English
Etymology
From Middle English *misfeden, from Old English misf?dan; equivalent to mis- +? feed.
Pronunciation
- (verb) IPA(key): /m?s?fi?d/
- (noun) IPA(key): /?m?sfi?d/
Verb
misfeed (third-person singular simple present misfeeds, present participle misfeeding, simple past and past participle misfed)
- (transitive) To feed incorrectly, as for example with the wrong foodstuff.
- 2015, Rachel Smith, John Davidson, Lizards For Kids (page 18)
- The problem with keeping the green iguana as a pet is that they are often misfed. For example, some will feed them meat or meat-based foods […]
- 2015, Rachel Smith, John Davidson, Lizards For Kids (page 18)
Translations
Noun
misfeed (plural misfeeds)
- A fault in a mechanical feed mechanism (in the paper pick-up of a printer, for example).
Translations
Anagrams
- feedism
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