mechanical

Universal Words adjective 1 operated by power from an engine: a mechanical device / toy / clock * mechanical parts 2 connected with machines and engines: mechanical problems / defects * The breakdown was due to a mechanical failure. 3 (disapproving) (of people's behaviour and actions) done without thinking, like a machine: a mechanical gesture / response * My work has become mechanical-I could do it in my sleep. 4 connected with the physical laws of movement and cause and effect (= with MECHANICS): mechanical processes 5 (of a person) good at understanding how machines work mechanically adverb: a mechanically powered vehicle * She spoke mechanically, as if thinking of something else. * He's always been mechanically minded.