mechanical Meaning, Definition & Usage

adjective using (or as if using) mechanisms or tools or devices
- a mechanical process
- his smile was very mechanical
- a mechanical toy
adjective relating to or concerned with machinery or tools
mechanically skillful.
- mechanical arts
- mechanical design
- mechanical skills
adjective relating to or governed by or in accordance with mechanics
- a belief that the universe is a mechanical contrivance
- the mechanical pressure of a strong wind

From Mechanic, a.

Pertaining to, governed by, or in accordance with, mechanics, or the laws of motion; pertaining to the quantitative relations of force and matter, as distinguished from mental, vital, chemical, etc.; as, mechanical principles; a mechanical theory; mechanical deposits.
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.
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.
Made and operated by interaction of forces without a directing intelligence; as, a mechanical universe.
Obtained by trial, by measurements, etc.; approximate; empirical. See the 2d Note under Geometric.