mechanical : Idioms & Phrases

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mechanical advantage

  • noun the ratio of the force exerted by a machine to the force applied to it
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mechanical device

  • noun mechanism consisting of a device that works on mechanical principles
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mechanical drawing

  • noun scale drawing of a machine or architectural plan etc,
  • noun the craft of drawing blueprints
    drafting.
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Mechanical effect

  • effective power; useful work exerted, as by a machine, in a definite time.
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mechanical energy

  • noun energy in a mechanical form
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mechanical engineer

  • noun a person trained to design and construct machines
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Mechanical engineering

  • noun the branch of engineering that deals with the design and construction and operation of machinery
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  • . See the Note under Engineering.
Webster 1913

mechanical man

  • noun an automaton that resembles a human being
    android; humanoid.
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Mechanical maneuvers

  • (Mil.), the application of mechanical appliances to the mounting, dismounting, and moving of artillery. Farrow.
Webster 1913

mechanical mixture

  • noun a mixture whose components can be separated by mechanical means
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mechanical phenomenon

  • noun a physical phenomenon associated with the equilibrium or motion of objects
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Mechanical philosophy

  • the principles of mechanics applied to the inverstigation of physical phenomena.
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mechanical piano

  • noun a mechanically operated piano that uses a roll of perforated paper to activate the keys
    player piano; Pianola.
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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 throught a great space into a great force acting through a small space, or vice versa, and are used separately or in combination.
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mechanical press

  • noun any machine that exerts pressure to form or shape or cut materials or extract liquids or compress solids
    press.
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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.
Webster 1913

mechanical system

  • noun a system of elements that interact on mechanical principles
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