■ adjective
1》 working or produced by machines or machinery.
↘relating to machines or machinery.
2》 lacking thought or spontaneity.
3》 relating to physical forces or motion.
↘ archaic (of a theory) explaining phenomena in terms only of physical processes.
■ noun
1》 ( ~s ) the working parts of a machine, especially a car.
2》 archaic a manual worker.
Derivatives
~ly adverb
~ness noun