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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 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. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Mechanical movements have not the characteristic of appropriateness, unless by accident, as when a drunken man falls into a waterbutt and is sobered. He knew that by this term was understood a mechanical facility for painting or drawing, entirely apart from its subject. Moreover, as an oligarchy is said to be a government of men of family, fortune, and education; so, on the contrary, a democracy is a government in the hands of men of no birth, indigent circumstances, and mechanical employments. |
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