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Mechanical

Pertaining to, governed by, or in accordance with, mechanics, or the laws of motion; pertaining to the quantitative relations of force and matter, as distinguished from mental, vital, chemical, etc.; as, mechanical principles; a mechanical theory; mechanical deposits.

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Automatic 84% connected

Alt. of Automatical

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Automatic 84% connected

Alt. of Automatical

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Mechanic 84% connected

The art of the application of the laws of motion or force to construction.

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Mechanic 84% connected

The art of the application of the laws of motion or force to construction.

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Mechanized 84% connected

of Mechanize

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Mechanized 84% connected

of Mechanize

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Mechanics 74% connected

That science, or branch of applied mathematics, which treats of the action of forces on bodies.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Mechanics 74% connected

That science, or branch of applied mathematics, which treats of the action of forces on bodies.

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Mechanism 74% connected

The arrangement or relation of the parts of a machine; the parts of a machine, taken collectively; the arrangement or relation of the parts of anythi…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Mechanism 74% connected

The arrangement or relation of the parts of a machine; the parts of a machine, taken collectively; the arrangement or relation of the parts of anythi…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Machinery 66% connected

Machines, in general, or collectively.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Mechanics 66% connected

That science, or branch of applied mathematics, which treats of the action of forces on bodies.

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Technical 92% connected

Of or pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts, or to any science, business, or the like; specially appropriate to any art, science, or business; as…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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