Mechanical

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A Mechanic.

II. Mechanical ·adj Made and operated by interaction of forces without a directing intelligence; as, a mechanical universe.

III. Mechanical ·adj Obtained by trial, by measurements, ·etc.; approximate; empirical. ·see the 2d Note under Geometric.

IV. Mechanical ·adj Of or pertaining to a machine or to machinery or tools; made or formed by a machine or with tools; as, mechanical precision; mechanical products.

V. Mechanical ·adj Done as if by a machine; uninfluenced by will or emotion; proceeding automatically, or by habit, without special intention or reflection; as, mechanical singing; mechanical verses; mechanical service.

VI. Mechanical ·adj Pertaining to, governed by, or in accordance with, mechanics, or the laws of motion; pertaining to the quantitative relations of force and matter, as distinguished from mental, vital, chemical, ·etc.; as, mechanical principles; a mechanical theory; mechanical deposits.