MECHANICAL

I. adjective Date: 15th century 1. a. of or relating to machinery or tools , produced or operated by a machine or tool , of or relating to manual operations, of or relating to artisans or machinists , 3. done as if by machine ; seemingly uninfluenced by the mind or emotions ; automatic , of or relating to technicalities or petty matters, 4. relating to, governed by, or in accordance with the principles of mechanics , relating to the quantitative relations of force and matter , caused by, resulting from, or relating to a process that involves a purely physical as opposed to a chemical or biological change or process , see: spontaneous ~ly adverb II. noun Date: 1600 mechanic 1, a piece of finished copy consisting typically of type proofs and artwork positioned and mounted for photo~ reproduction