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.
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.
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.
Made and operated by interaction of forces
without a directing intelligence; as, a mechanical
universe.
Obtained by trial, by measurements, etc.;
approximate; empirical. See the 2d Note under
Geometric.