Mechanic
[mɪ'kænɪk] or [mə'kænɪk]
Definition
(adj.) resembling the action of a machine; 'from blank to blank a threadless way I pushed mechanic feet'- Emily Dickenson .
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Definition
(a.) The art of the application of the laws of motion or force to construction.
(a.) A mechanician; an artisan; an artificer; one who practices any mechanic art; one skilled or employed in shaping and uniting materials, as wood, metal, etc., into any kind of structure, machine, or other object, requiring the use of tools, or instruments.
(a.) Having to do with the application of the laws of motion in the art of constructing or making things; of or pertaining to mechanics; mechanical; as, the mechanic arts.
(a.) Of or pertaining to a mechanic or artificer, or to the class of artisans; hence, rude; common; vulgar.
(a.) Base.
Edited by Caleb
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Artisan, craftsman, handicraftsman, operative, workman, hand, ARTIFICER.
Typist: Psyche
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Artisan, craftsman, workman, artificer
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Definition
adj. pertaining to machines or mechanics: constructed according to the laws of mechanics: possessing mechanical talent: acting by physical power: done by a machine: pertaining to artisans: done simply by force of habit slavish artificial: vulgar.—n. Mechan′ic one engaged in a mechanical trade: an artisan—(Shak.) Mechan′ical.—adv. Mechan′ically.—ns. Mechanic′ian Mech′anist a machine-maker: one skilled in mechanics; Mechan′ics the science which treats of machines: the science which treats of the nature of forces and of their action on bodies either directly or by the agency of machinery.—v.t. Mech′anise to make mechanical: to work out the details of a machine.—ns. Mech′anism the construction of a machine: the arrangement and action of its parts by which it produces a given result; Mech′anograph a copy esp. of a work of art produced by a mechanical process on a machine.—adj. Mech′anographic.—ns. Mechanog′raphist; Mechanog′raphy the art of multiplying copies of a writing or work of art by means of a machine; Mechanol′ogy a treatise on mechanics: the knowledge of such.—Mechanical effect work produced by the use of mechanical power; Mechanical philosophy the principles of mechanics applied to solve questions or phenomena involving force; Mechanical powers the elementary forms or parts of machines—three primary the lever inclined plane and pulley; and three secondary the wheel-and-axle the wedge and the screw.—Mechanics' institute an institution for mechanics with lectures library museum &c.
Checker: Marty
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of a mechanic, denotes change in your dwelling place and a more active business. Advancement in wages usually follows after seeing mechanics at work on machinery.
Editor: Tess
Examples
- Before the waiter had answered the call, the mechanic had vanished. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I asked the sergeant mechanic. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- But some of the poorer free citizens followed mechanic arts, and, as we have already noted, would even pull an oar in a galley for pay. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Robert Jordan took the cigarette and put it in the breast pocket of his blue mechanic jumper. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He was a wonderful mechanic; the control that he had of his fingers was marvellous, and his eyesight was sharp. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Mr. Taylor, Mr. Wright’s mechanic, got out the machine and it was placed on the starting-rail. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The very broad patent taken out by this simple mechanic, so far ahead of his times, was the first one issued in America for an electric motor. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- In the greatest part of mechanic trades success is almost certain; but very uncertain in the liberal professions. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The mechanic, paying no heed to Gutenberg’s excitement, made the press for him according to the model. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- It was a great step from the reciprocating hand saw, worked painfully by one or two men, to the band saw, invented by a London mechanic, William Newbury, in 1808. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Just as he came to this conclusion, who should appear, on the opposite side of the street as usual, but the mechanic again! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- He was a mechanic; and, rendered unable to attend to the occupation which supplied his necessities, famine was added to his other miseries. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- He noticed the mechanic waiting, as he himself was waiting--but still on the opposite side of the street. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The mechanic had not come out yet. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- But Mr. Gladstone was no patient mechanic set upon easing and righting the clumsy injuries of those stupid adjustments. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- A large force of railroad men have already been sent to Beaufort, and other mechanics will go to Fort Fisher in a day or two. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Then came Julius Griffith, in 1821, of Brompton, who patented a steam carriage which was built by Joseph Bramah, one of the ablest mechanics of his time. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Certain mechanics in New England, who had heard descriptions of his model, built machines on its lines, and sold them. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Trade sharpens wer wits; and them that's mechanics like me is forced to think. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- In 1840 Davenport, by means of his electric motor, printed a news sheet called the _Electro Magnet and Mechanics’ Intelligencer_. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Galileo determined to study the laws of mechanics by experiment, and not, as so many earlier scientists had done, by argument or mere theoretical opinions. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- There were two centuries each of mechanics and musicians, and the _proletarii_ made up one century. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But it required the work of the chemists as well as the mechanics to produce the best gas. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- It looked an insignificant thing to have conferred upon the world of science and mechanics such a mighty extension of their dominions as it has. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- They were all mechanics and hated the war. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The emphasis which directs his thinking bears most heavily upon the mechanics of life--only perfunctorily upon the ability of the men who are to use them. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- One of them (Archytas, 428-347 B.. a friend o f Plato) was the first to apply geometry to mechanics. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Natural philosophers, chemists, inventors, mechanics, all now pressed forward, and still press forward to improve the art, to establish new growths from the old art, and extend its domains. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- It involves the structure of the limbs and the nervous system; the principles of mechanics. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- With a strong taste for mechanics it was natural that he should wonder if there were not some way of lightening the burden of so much needlework. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
Editor: Segre