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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

  1. noun Machines considered together, especially the equipment used in a factory or industry.
  2. noun The system of parts or processes that make something work.

mechanical — full definition

  1. adj Relating to machines or the physical forces and motion they involve.
  2. adj Done automatically or without real thought, as if performed by a machine.

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