mécanique — meaning in English
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English meaning
- machinery noun Machines considered together, especially the equipment used in a factory or industry.
- mechanical adj Relating to machines or the physical forces and motion they involve.
- mechanics noun The branch of physics dealing with forces and motion acting on objects.
- mechanism noun A system of moving parts that performs a function within a machine.
Senses
mécanique is used for these senses in English:
- headstock The part of a lute-type string instrument, such as a guitar, that holds the tuning pegs or tensioning screws of the strings.
- machinery The collective parts of something which allow it to function.
- mechanical Related to mechanics (the branch of physics that deals with forces acting on matter).
- mechanics (physics) The branch of physics that deals with the action of forces on material objects with mass
- mechanism (within a machine or machinery) Any mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion, or the transmission or control of power.
machinery — full definition
- noun Machines considered together, especially the equipment used in a factory or industry.
- noun The system of parts or processes that make something work.
mechanical — full definition
- adj Relating to machines or the physical forces and motion they involve.
- adj Done automatically or without real thought, as if performed by a machine.