Mechanical may refer to:
Machine
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Machine (mechanical)
A machine is a physical system that uses Power (physics), power to apply forces and control Motion, movement to perform an action. The term is commonly applied to artificial devices, such as those employing engines or motors, but also to natura ...
, a system of mechanisms that shape the actuator input to achieve a specific application of output forces and movement
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Mechanical calculator, a device used to perform the basic operations of arithmetic
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Mechanical energy, the sum of potential energy and kinetic energy
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Mechanical system, a system that manages the power of forces and movements to accomplish a task
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Mechanism (engineering), a portion of a mechanical device
Other
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Mechanical (character), one of several characters in Shakespeare's ''A Midsummer Night's Dream''
* A kind of typeface in the
VOX-ATypI classification
See also
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Machine
A machine is a physical system that uses power to apply forces and control movement to perform an action. The term is commonly applied to artificial devices, such as those employing engines or motors, but also to natural biological macromol ...
, especially in opposition to an electronic item
* ''
Mechanical Animals'', the third full-length studio release by Marilyn Manson
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Manufactured or
artificial, especially in opposition to a biological or natural component
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Automation, using machine decisions and processing instead of human
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Mechanization, using machine labor instead of human or animal labor
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Mechanical watch, utilizing a non-electric mechanism
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Mechanical engineering, a branch of engineering concerned with the application of physical mechanics
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HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning), the mechanical systems of a building
* Mechanical
phenomenon, as in the mechanics of the Digestive Tract or the mechanics of swallowing
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Mechanical license, used in the music industry to indicate the payment made from a licensee to the owner of a copyright for the right to mechanically reproduce a song
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Mechanic (disambiguation)
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Mechanism
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Mechanics
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