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mechanical

1. made, performed, or operated by or as if by a machine or machinery
2. concerned with machines or machinery
3. relating to or controlled or operated by physical forces
4. of or concerned with mechanics
5. Philosophy accounting for phenomena by physically determining forces
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mechanical

[mi′kan·ə·kəl]
(engineering)
Of, pertaining to, or concerned with machinery or tools.
(graphic arts)
A finished copy that usually contains hand lettering, type proofs, and art especially positioned and mounted so that a photochemical reproduction can be made on a letterpress, offset, or other printing plate. Also known as keyline layout; paste-up.
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For example, she was so nervous before making her entrance in a Swan Lake at the Metropolitan Opera House that she danced almost mechanically. During the White Adagio she said to herself, "Yulia, wake up.
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The scientists left some flowers alone but modified others by, for example, covering them with grease to prevent cooling by evaporation and mechanically preventing them from facing the sun.
In addition, the firm has introduced silica fiber blanket Type SB-2000, a high-temperature insulation blanket made of mechanically interlocked continuous filament amorphous silica fibers.
NIST measurements show that, when two incompatible polymer liquids are mechanically blended together, one may deform into very long strings that are extremely stable.
A computer microchip, hidden within the larger white platform base, controls the motion of the mechanically driven arm and switches the figure on and off.
The key to success in the company's mixers is said to be the unique action created by the movement of the mixing elements that produces intense but gentle intermingling of the materials of the mix in a mechanically fluidized bed.
A new brominated flame retardant for mechanically cooled, flexible PUR foams is intended to replace pentabrominated diphenyl ether (penta-BDE), which will be banned in California and the European Union.
These structures, which can be hundreds of micrometers long, are stable at high temperatures, resist friction, and can be separated mechanically, says Mihailovic.
A critical part of assembly, the solder serves as an interconnect, bonding components electrically and mechanically to the circuit board.
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