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.
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