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Mechanic
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- 1 mechanical; relating to mechanics or the laws of motion in physics archaic
"[…] these mechanick Philosophers being in no Way able to give an Account thereof from the necessary motion of Matter, unguided by Mind for Ends […]"
- 2 mechanical; precise but lifeless, as if performed by machine archaic
"But, for the unquiet heart and brain, A use in measured language lies; The sad mechanic exercise, Like dull narcotics, numbing pain."
- 3 Of or relating to a mechanic or artificer, or to the class of artisans; hence, rude; common; vulgar; base. obsolete
"Mechanic slaves, With greasy aprons, rules, and hammers."
- 1 resembling the action of a machine wordnet
- 1 A surname.
- 1 A manual worker; a labourer or artisan. historical
"His noble earnestness, his fidelity, his gallant shielding of her, his generous conquest of his own wrong and his own pride for her sake, are simply honourable, manly, and true. Nothing less worthy can be seen through the lustre of such qualities in the commonest mechanic, nothing less worthy can be seen in the best-born gentleman."
- 2 someone whose occupation is repairing and maintaining automobiles wordnet
- 3 Someone who builds or repairs machinery, a technician; now specifically, someone who works with and repairs the mechanical parts of a motor vehicle, aircraft or similar.
- 4 a craftsman skilled in operating machine tools wordnet
- 5 A device, method or means; a function.
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- 6 A device, method or means; a function.; A function, rule or other implementation that dictates gameplay; a ludeme, a feature.
"This game has a mechanic where if you run toward a ledge you automatically jump off rather than just falling."
- 7 A hitman. slang
"And from then on, his bag was silence. Silence and killing. Overnight he became the best grunt we had, a real killer, a mechanic."
- 8 A cheat who manipulates the cards or dice.
"I can do other things beside burglarizing. I'm a first-class crap dealer, I'm a pretty good card mechanic, pretty good dice mechanic."
Etymology
From Middle English mekanyk (“mechanical”), from Old French mecanique, from Latin mechanicus (“of or belonging to machines or mechanics, inventive”), from Ancient Greek μηχανικός (mēkhanikós, “pertaining to machines or contrivance, mechanic, ingenious, inventive”), from μηχανή (mēkhanḗ, “a machine, contrivance”); see machine.
From Middle English mekanyk (“mechanical”), from Old French mecanique, from Latin mechanicus (“of or belonging to machines or mechanics, inventive”), from Ancient Greek μηχανικός (mēkhanikós, “pertaining to machines or contrivance, mechanic, ingenious, inventive”), from μηχανή (mēkhanḗ, “a machine, contrivance”); see machine.
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