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    [Adjective]  | "me*chan*i*cal" | \ mi-ˈka-ni-kəl \


    1: of or relating to machinery or tools

    2: produced or operated by a machine or tool

    3: of or relating to manual operations


    Origin: 15th century ;

    [Noun]  | "mechanical" 


    1: a piece of finished copy consisting typically of type proofs and artwork positioned and mounted for photomechanical reproduction

    2: mechanic


    Origin: 1600 ;

    [Noun]  | "mechanical advantage" 


    1: the advantage gained by the use of a mechanism in transmitting force; specifically : the ratio of the force that performs the useful work of a machine to the force that is applied to the machine


    Origin: 1852 ;

    [Noun]  | "mechanical drawing" 


    1: drawing done with the aid of instruments

    2: a drawing made with instruments


    Origin: 1811 ;

    [Noun]  | "mechanical engineering" 


    1: a branch of engineering concerned primarily with the industrial application of mechanics and with the production of tools, machinery, and their products


    Origin: 1849 ;

    [Noun]  | "mechanical ventilation" 


    1: artificial respiration using a mechanical ventilator to support the delivery of oxygen to the lungs when breathing has ceased, is failing, or is inadequate


    Origin: 1954 ;

    [Noun]  | "mechanical ventilator" 


    1: a mechanized device that enables the delivery or movement of air or oxygen into the lungs of a patient whose breathing has ceased, is failing, or is inadequate : an automated ventilator


    Origin: 1954 ;

    [Noun]  | "mechanical pencil" 


    1: a pencil made of metal or plastic with a lead that is moved forward by a mechanical device

    [Noun]  | "quantum mechanics" 


    1: a theory of matter that is based on the concept of the possession of wave properties by elementary particles, that affords a mathematical interpretation of the structure and interactions of matter on the basis of these properties, and that incorporates within it quantum theory and the uncertainty principle —called also wave mechanics


    Origin: 1922 ;

    [Adjective]  | "mechanical" 


    1: done instantly and without conscious thought or decision;


      * e.g., " ... the waiter's mechanical reply of Everything on the menu is good "





    2: lacking in natural or spontaneous quality;


      * e.g., " ... a somewhat mechanical vocal performance "



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     [ "mechanical" ]

    1: Airliner lingo for having a bad hair day.

      * e.g.,  ... Girl, my hair just went down on mechanical! 

     [ "Mechanic" ]

    1: The first person that you want as a friend, the last person that you want as an enemy.

      * e.g.,  ... Joe: My Trans Am's pretty sweet but I really don't know diddly squat about cars. I need to befriend a good mechanic so I can keep her running sweet. Jon: I punched a dude at the bar last Friday. Little did I know that he would be the mechanic that would be doing my brake job last Monday. Now I'm laid up in the hospital with a fractured skull and my car's somewhere between a crusher and a foundry. 

     [ "Mechanic" ]

    1: Someone who does precision guesswork based on unreliable data from those of questionable knowledge.

      * e.g.,  ... It's a good thing Tim hired a mechanic, cuz he doesn't know what the fuck he is doing. 

     [ "mechanicing" ]

    1: Working on or fixing a mechanical machine or part. Most likely vehicles.

      * e.g.,  ... I was mechanicing on my god dam truck until 3 am. 

     [ "The Mechanic" ]

    1: A sexual position where someone is licking a girl's ass and fingering her vagina simultaneously. Also, the mechanic can also be when someone is licking a girl's vagina and fingering her ass simultaneously. It is called "the mechanic" because you are "checking the oil" and "checking under the hood" at the same time.

      * e.g.,  ... Damn bro my girl got really mad at me last night. Looks like tonight I'm gonna hafta give her the mechanic to get outta the dog house. 

     [ "Mechanic" ]

    1: Someone who does precision guesswork based on unreliable date from those of questionable knowledge.

      * e.g.,  ... It's a good thing Tim hired a mechanic, cuz he doesn't know what the fuck he's doing. 

     [ "mechanic" ]

    1:  A person who fixes things, esp. cars, planes and bicycles.

      * e.g.,  ... SKIP: Hey Joe, I hear you're a mechanic. Could you please kill my neighbor's cat? JOE: What?! I fix cars, ya moron! What do you think this is, a Michael Bay movie? 


     [ "mechanic" ]

    2:  A cliched term for an "assassin" in movies that has no equivalent in the real world.

     [ "The Mechanic" ]

    1: the mechanic is a sexual position where the guy slides under the girl like a mechanic under a car. she is on all fours and the guy is underneath. the guy bends his knees and puts his feet squarely on the bed. then pushed off his feet in order to thrust

      * e.g.,  ... Yeah bro she was going wild when i gave her the mechanic last night 

     [ "mechanic" ]

    1: A card-dealer at high-stakes poker who is adroit at manipulating the cards in the deck to favor one player over another.

      * e.g.,  ... "Don't worry kid," Shooter said, "No one will know. I'm one helluva mechanic." 

     [ "mechanic" ]

    1: A person whom is skilled in the use of tools and repair or fabrication of mechanical devices.

      * e.g.,  ... I'm a mechanic, but wish to become a machinist and eventually a tool maker. 


     [ "mechanic" ]

    2: Not necessarily just cars and trucks. The term mechanic but a few generations ago was a skill level in the industrial trades. covering many different lines of work.

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