Meaning of mechanical In English

• 0 operated by a machine, or connected with machines or their parts:

  • a mechanical device

  • The company produces mechanical parts for airplane engines.

  • The plane appeared to have crashed because of a mechanical problem.

• 1 relating to movement, or to mechanics (= the study of the effect of physical forces on objects and their movement):

  • a study of the effects of mechanical forces on bones

• 2 without thinking about what you are doing, especially because you do something often:

  • He gave a mechanical response.

• 3 of machines or their parts:

  • a mechanical problem

• 4 without thinking about what you are doing, esp. because you do it often:

  • The garbagemen worked in a slow, mechanical way.

• 5 relating to engines or machines, or the way they operate:

  • The company produces mechanical parts for airplane engines.

  • a mechanical problem

• 6 operated by a complicated system of parts or by a machine:

  • Modern computers are far more elaborate and powerful than the mechanical devices designed by Babbage.