adj.1 of or relating to machines or mechanisms.
2 working or produced by machinery.
3 (of a person or action) like a machine; automatic; lacking originality.
4 a (of an agency, principle, etc.) belonging to mechanics. b (of a theory etc.) explaining phenomena by the assumption of mechanical action.
5 of or relating to mechanics as a science.
Phrases and idioms:
mechanical advantage the ratio of exerted to applied force in a machine. mechanical drawing a scale drawing of machinery etc. done with precision instruments. mechanical engineer a person skilled in the branch of engineering dealing with the design, construction, and repair of machines. mechanical equivalent of heat the conversion factor between heat energy and mechanical energy.
Derivatives:
mechanicalism n. (in sense 4). mechanically adv. mechanicalness n.
Etymology: ME f. L mechanicus (as MECHANIC)