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What is the noun for mechanical?

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mechanical
  1. (advertising) Manually created layout of artwork that is camera ready for photographic reproduction.
  2. One who does manual labor, especially one who is similar to Shakespeare's rude mechanicals
  3. (science fiction) A robot or mechanical creature.
  4. (engineering) A mechanical engineer.
  5. (bicycling) An instance of equipment failure.
  6. (music) A stop on an organ that is operated by a hand or foot control rather than having to be manually set up in advance.
  7. (archaic) A machine that performs a job typically accomplished using an animal or manual labor.
  8. Synonyms:
  9. Examples:
    1. “Is it a mechanical, or a man in a clockwork suit?”
      “Since we are dealing with copy in paste-up form, we are now concerned with the preparation and assembly of elements suitable for camera-ready copy, positioned on the mechanical according to the rough layout supplied.”
mechanism
  1. (machine) any mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion, or the transmission or control of power.
  2. Any combination of cams, gears, links, belts, chains and logical mechanical elements.
  3. A group of objects or parts that interact together. (as in Political machine)
  4. A mental, physical, or chemical process.
  5. (philosophy) The theory that all natural phenomena can be explained by physical causes.
  6. Synonyms:
  7. Examples:
    1. “The locking mechanism will trigger automatically during an emergency.”
      “The consensus is that natural selection is a mechanism of evolutionary change.”
      “The whole of the mechanism was powered by heavy weights which drove the cog wheel.”
mechanics
  1. (physics) The branch of physics that deals with the action of forces on material objects with mass
  2. The design and construction of machines.
  3. (writing) Spelling and punctuation.
  4. Operation in general; workings.
  5. Synonyms:
  6. Examples:
    1. “Let me explain the mechanics of running a restaurant to you.”
      “His interests range from astrophysics and quantum mechanics to mathematical puzzles and games.”
      “String theory's claim thus allows quantum mechanics to incorporate gravity and do so successfully.”
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mechanic
  1. A skilled worker capable of building or repairing machinery. A mechanic can be compared to a technician, the distinction being that the technician is stronger in theory, the mechanic stronger in hands-on experience.
  2. A hit man. (Popularized by the 1972 film The Mechanic.)
  3. (gaming) A device, command, or feature which allows the player to perform a specific task within a game.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “It would be like owning a car and not knowing that you had to bring it to the mechanic for maintenance.”
      “Martyn, who serves as a mechanic with the Royal Engineers, is set to return this week.”
mechanist
  1. A person who takes a mechanical view
  2. (archaic) A maker of machines; one skilled in mechanics.
  3. Examples:
    1. “Newton was no mechanist and didn't see the universe as a smooth-running machine.”
      “Huygens was the greatest mechanist of the seventeenth century.”
      “With quaternion theory we see that, in the final analysis, Bacon was not a mechanist philosopher.”
mechanicalness
  1. (uncountable) The state or characteristic of being mechanical.
  2. (countable) A mechanical action.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “The mechanicalness of the machine's movements impressed the engineers, showcasing its adherence to precise mechanical principles.”
mechanization
  1. The use of machinery to replace human or animal labour, especially in agriculture and industry.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Tactical flexibility was also enhanced by mechanization and the self-propelled gun.”
      “What the teamsters are worried about is lay-offs due to mechanization, not competition.”
      “The Futurists, the Surrealists, the abstract expressionists, all sought their passionate rhapsodies, of mechanization, or libido, or spontaneity.”
mechaphilia
mechanisation
  1. (British spelling) Alternative spelling of mechanization
  2. Examples:
    1. “The long-term picture is impressive in light of poor mechanisation levels in the country.”
      “In many cases, this last point challenges the mechanisation of farming in developing countries.”
      “Thus, in the absence of locational subsidies, farmers in KaĆ©di must expect to pay higher rates for mechanisation services.”
mechanicality
mechanizer
  1. A person who, or machine that mechanizes.
mechanizability
  1. The quality of being mechanizable.
mechaniser
  1. Alternative form of mechanizer
mechanick
  1. Obsolete spelling of mechanic
mechanicke
  1. Obsolete spelling of mechanic
mechanics
  1. plural of mechanic
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Let me explain the mechanics of running a restaurant to you.”
      “His interests range from astrophysics and quantum mechanics to mathematical puzzles and games.”
      “String theory's claim thus allows quantum mechanics to incorporate gravity and do so successfully.”
mechanicals
  1. plural of mechanical
  2. (plural only, US) mechanical fixtures and fittings.
  3. (plural only, recording) Royalties on the sale of recordings in the form of records, CDs, tapes, or similar objects.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “The mechanicals and build are impeccable, and the design still looks elegant.”
      “Sometimes, the concept cars actually have mechanicals beneath their handcrafted skin.”
      “I spent many years making mechanicals by hand and they truly are a reflection of the interior mind of their creator.”
mechanisations
  1. plural of mechanisation
mechanizations
mechanickes
  1. plural of mechanicke
mechanisers
  1. plural of mechaniser
mechanizers
  1. plural of mechanizer
mechanists
  1. plural of mechanist
  2. Examples:
    1. “But in the second half of the century both neoplatonists and mechanists usually promoted more practical projects.”
      “It was as alien to the Greeks as it was commonplace to the mechanists that one should seek to interfere with nature.”
      “The economic spirit of a people cannot be manipulated in as simple-minded a fashion as the Keynesian mechanists imagine.”
mechanicks
  1. plural of mechanick
mechanisms
  1. plural of mechanism
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Both observations could be seen as a reflection or consequence of the cognitive mechanisms underlying sentence processing.”
      “There have been countless arguments over the years about the worth of level wind mechanisms on boat fishing reels.”
      “Therefore, it is important to understand the mechanisms that plants use to adapt to water-limited conditions.”
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