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| Date: | 1400-1500 |
| Language: | Late Latin |
| Origin: | mechanicus, from Greek, from mechane 'machine' |
1 affecting or involving a machine : 
The plane had to make an emergency landing because of mechanical problems.
The plane had to make an emergency landing because of mechanical problems.2 using power from an engine or machine to do a particular kind of work : a mechanical digger a mechanical device
a mechanical diggera mechanical device3 a mechanical action, reply etc is done without thinking, and has been done many times before : He was asked the same question so many times that the answer became mechanical.
He was asked the same question so many times that the answer became mechanical.4 someone who is mechanical understands how machines work
5 technicalHP relating to or produced by physical forces : the mechanical properties of solids
the mechanical properties of solids —mechanically adverb: The actors spoke their lines mechanically, hardly caring about the meaning. I'm not very mechanically minded (=good at understanding how machines work and repairing them).
adverb: The actors spoke their lines mechanically, hardly caring about the meaning.I'm not very mechanically minded (=good at understanding how machines work and repairing them).