Mechanical - English meaning

Mechanical – definitions in English dictionary

adjective
Operated by a machine or machinery.
Usage examples:
A mechanical device
adjective
(of an action) done without thought or spontaneity; automatic.
Usage examples:
She stopped the mechanical brushing of her hair
Synonims:
AutomaticMachine-likeUnthinkingUnemotionalUnconsciousInvoluntaryInstinctiveRoutineMatter-of-factHabitualInattentiveUnfeelingImpersonalInhumanLifelessSoullessUninspiredUnanima
adjective
Relating to physical forces or motion; physical.
Usage examples:
The smoothness was the result of mechanical abrasion
adjective
Relating to the exclusive legal right to reproduce a particular recorded version of a song or piece of music.
Usage examples:
Mechanical copyright

noun
The working parts of a vehicle.
Usage examples:
A major overhaul of the mechanicals
noun
A manual worker.
Usage examples:
Rude mechanicals

adjective
Of machines or their parts
Usage examples:
A mechanical problem, the garbagemen worked in a slow, mechanical way.

adjective
Relating to engines or machines, or the way they operate
Usage examples:
The company produces mechanical parts for airplane engines., a mechanical problem, modern computers…

Mechanical translation into English

Mechanical: translate from English into Chinese

机械的, 机械, 刻板, 生

Mechanical: translate from English into Dutch

Mechanisch, Machinaal, Werktuigkundig, Werktuiglijk, Handwerks-

Mechanical: translate from English into French

Mécanique

Mechanical: translate from English into German

Mechanisch, Maschinell, Technisch, Schematisch, Kraftfahrtechnisch

Mechanical: translate from English into Hindi

यांत्रिक, मशीनी, यंत्रवत्, अपने आप होनेवाला, बुद्धिरहित, यंत्रशास्र-संबंधी, यंत्र-संबंधी, यान्त्रिक, यन्त्रीय

Mechanical: translate from English into Italian

Meccanico

Mechanical: translate from English into Korean

기계적, 기계의, 기계상의, 기계적인, 기계학의, 기계역학의, 직공의

Mechanical: translate from English into Russian

Механический, Механистический, Технический, Машинный, Автоматический, Машинальный, Мастеровой

Mechanical: translate from English into Spanish

Mecánico, Maquinal

Word origin

late Middle English (describing an art or occupation concerned with the construction of machines): via Latin from Greek mēkhanikos (see mechanic) + -al.

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Mechanical – similar words

mechanic

noun
A skilled worker who repairs and maintains vehicle engines and other machinery.
Usage examples:
A car mechanic

noun
Someone who repairs or works with machines, esp. as a job
Usage examples:
An auto mechanic

noun
Someone whose job is repairing vehicles and other machines
Usage examples:
A team of engineers and mechanics help manufacture the machines used on assembly lines., a car/moto…

Mechanic - all meanings in English

Mechanical synonims

automatic

ˌɔː.təˈmæt.ɪk

adjective
(of a device or process) working by itself with little or no direct human control.
Usage examples:
An automatic kettle that switches itself off when it boils

noun
A gun that continues firing until the ammunition is exhausted or the pressure on the trigger is released.
Usage examples:
The rapid fire of automatics

adjective
An automatic machine or device is able to operate independently of human control
Usage examples:
Automatic doors, automatic focus on a camera

Automatic - all meanings in English

habitual

adjective
Done constantly or as a habit.
Usage examples:
His habitual use of heroin

adjective
Usual or repeated
Usage examples:
Longer prison sentences will help keep habitual criminals off the streets., she was habitually late.

Habitual - all meanings in English

impersonal

adjective
Not influenced by, showing, or involving personal feelings.
Usage examples:
The impersonal power of a government

adjective
Lacking or not showing any interest or feeling
Usage examples:
The congressman gave a short, impersonal speech and left soon afterward.

Impersonal - all meanings in English

inattentive

adjective
Not paying attention to something.
Usage examples:
A particularly dull and inattentive pupil

adjective
Not listening to what is being said or giving your attention to what is happening
Usage examples:
Barbara has been inattentive in class lately.

Inattentive - all meanings in English

inhuman

adjective
Lacking human qualities of compassion and mercy; cruel and barbaric.
Usage examples:
The inhuman treatment meted out to political prisoners

adjective
Extremely cruel; lacking in or not influenced by human feeling
Usage examples:
In those days war movies always portrayed the enemy as fanatical, even inhuman.

Inhuman - all meanings in English

instinctive

adjective
Relating to or prompted by instinct; done without conscious thought.
Usage examples:
An instinctive distaste for conflict

Unthinking

adjective
(of behavior or actions) not thought about, planned, or learned
Usage examples:
My instinctive reaction was to walk away to avoid an argument., she instinctively understood how i …

Instinctive - all meanings in English

involuntary

adjective
Done without will or conscious control.
Usage examples:
She gave an involuntary shudder

adjective
Not done willingly, or not done intentionally
Usage examples:
A sharp tap beneath the knee usually causes an involuntary movement of the lower leg., the driver o…

adjective
Not done by choice, or not done as a result of someone's decision or intention
Usage examples:
Involuntary unemployment means that you suffer a total loss of salary as the result of the loss of …

Involuntary - all meanings in English

lifeless

adjective
Dead or apparently dead.
Usage examples:
His lifeless body was taken from the river

adjective
Dead or appearing to be dead
Usage examples:
A lifeless body, fig. the performance was boring and lifeless (= lacking interest or energy).

Lifeless - all meanings in English

routine

noun
A sequence of actions regularly followed.
Usage examples:
I settled down into a routine of work and sleep

adjective
Performed as part of a regular procedure rather than for a special reason.
Usage examples:
The ministry insisted that this was just a routine annual drill

verb
Organize according to a routine.
Usage examples:
All had been routined with smoothness

Routine - all meanings in English

soulless

ˈsəʊl.ləs

adjective
(especially of a place) lacking character and individuality.
Usage examples:
She found the apartment beautiful but soulless

adjective
Showing no human influence or qualities
Usage examples:
A soulless building of grey concrete

Soulless - all meanings in English

unconscious

adjective
Not awake and aware of and responding to one's environment.
Usage examples:
The boy was beaten unconscious

noun
The part of the mind which is inaccessible to the conscious mind but which affects behaviour and emotions.
Usage examples:
Horrific apparitions surfaced out of the recesses of his unconscious

Lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception

Unconscious - all meanings in English

unemotional

adjective
Not having or showing strong feelings.
Usage examples:
A flat, unemotional voice

adjective
Not having or expressing strong feelings, often when this is surprising or a bad thing
Usage examples:
Investigators said the couple seemed oddly unemotional about the disappearance., they described him…

Unemotional - all meanings in English

unfeeling

adjective
Unsympathetic, harsh, or callous.
Usage examples:
My mother is a cold, unfeeling woman

adjective
Not feeling sympathy for other people’s suffering
Usage examples:
An unfeeling man

Unfeeling - all meanings in English

uninspired

adjective
Lacking in imagination or originality.
Usage examples:
He writes repetitive and uninspired poetry

adjective
Not exciting or interesting
Usage examples:
An uninspired performance

Uninspired - all meanings in English

unthinking

adjective
Expressed, done, or acting without proper consideration of the consequences.
Usage examples:
She was at pains to correct unthinking prejudices

adjective
Not based on serious thought or an examination of the information
Usage examples:
What annoys me about these people is their unthinking hostility to anything foreign or unfamiliar.

Unthinking - all meanings in English

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