mechanical

/mi'kænikəl/

Thân thiện

The engineer carefully examines the mechanical components of the engine.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Relating to machinery, tools, or physical mechanisms: Pertaining to the design, operation, or use of machines or mechanical devices.
   • Operated by or involving machinery: Describing a process or action performed by a machine or a mechanical system.
   • Done without thought or spontaneity; automatic: Describing an action performed in a routine, unthinking, or perfunctory manner, as if by a machine.

Examples of Usage

• Relating to machinery or mechanisms:
  • The car's failure was due to a mechanical problem with the transmission.
  • He has great mechanical skill and can fix almost anything.
• Done without thought; automatic:
  • After years on the assembly line, his movements became mechanical.
  • She gave a mechanical reply, not really listening to the question.

Advanced Usage

• "Mechanical advantage": In physics, the factor by which a machine multiplies the force or effort applied to it.
  • Using a lever provides a mechanical advantage, making it easier to lift heavy objects.
• "Mechanical engineering": The branch of engineering dealing with the design, construction, and use of machines.
  • She pursued a degree in mechanical engineering.

Variants and Related Words

• Mechanically (adverb): In a mechanical manner.
  • He nodded mechanically while thinking of something else.
• Mechanics (noun):
  • The branch of physics concerned with motion and forces.
  • The functional or technical aspects of something.
• Mechanism (noun): A system of parts working together in a machine; a natural or established process.
  • The clock's mechanism is very intricate.

Synonyms

• Automatic: Operating with little or no direct human control.
• Robotic: Resembling the movements or actions of a robot; stiff and automatic.
• Perfunctory: Carried out with minimal effort or reflection.

Antonyms

• Manual: Operated or done by hand, not automatic.
• Conscious: Done with awareness and deliberate thought.
• Spontaneous: Performed or occurring as a result of a sudden impulse.

Related Phrases and Idioms

• "Mechanical pencil": A pencil with a replaceable lead that is advanced by a mechanical mechanism.
  • I prefer using a mechanical pencil for drafting.
• "To be mechanical": To perform an action in a routine, unthinking way.
  • His performance was technically correct but felt mechanical and lacked emotion.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. 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
2. relating to or concerned with machinery or tools
   • mechanical arts
   • mechanical design
   • mechanical skills
3. using (or as if using) mechanisms or tools or devices
   • a mechanical process
   • his smile was very mechanical
   • a mechanical toy

Từ đồng nghĩa

• mechanically skillful