mechanical

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective using (or as if using) mechanisms or tools or devices
  2. adjective relating to or concerned with machinery or tools
  3. adjective relating to or governed by or in accordance with mechanics

Etymology

From Middle English mechanical, mechanicalle, mechanycalle, equivalent to mechanic + -al.

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