Mechanical is often used as a general term to distinguish from another class of item. Mechanical may mean:
- Machine A machine is a device that uses energy to perform some activity. In common usage, the meaning is that of a device having parts that perform or assist in performing any type of work. A simple machine is a device that transforms the direction or magnitude of a force without consuming any energy. The word "machine" is derived from the Latin, especially in opposition to an electronic item
- Mechanical watch A mechanical watch is a that uses a non-electric/electronic mechanism to measure the passage of time. They are driven by a spring which must be wound periodically, and releases the energy to activate the balance wheel, which oscillates back and forth thanks to the Balance spring at a constant rate, transmitting the impulse through the lever, utilizing a non-electric mechanism
- Mechanization Mechanization or mechanisation is providing human operators with machinery that assist them with the muscular requirements of work. It can also refer to the use of machines to replace automatic labor or animals. A step beyond mechanization is automation. Even the use of hand powered tools is an example of mechanization as it reduces the work of, using machine labor instead of human or animal labor
- Automation Automation is the use of control systems and information technologies reducing the need for human intervention. In the scope of industrialization, automation is a step beyond mechanization. Whereas mechanization provided human operators with machinery to assist them with the muscular requirements of work, automation greatly reduces the need for, using machine decisions and processing instead of human
- Manufactured Manufacturing is the use of machines, tools and labor to make things for use or sale. Also it can be used for selling things. The term may refer to a range of human activity, from handicraft to high tech, but is most commonly applied to industrial production, in which raw materials are transformed into finished goods on a large scale. Such or artificial, especially in opposition to a biological or natural component
- Mechanism (technology) A mechanism is some technical aspect of a larger process or mechanical device, or combination of parts designed to perform a particular function. Sometimes an entire machine may be referred to as a mechanism. Examples are the steering mechanism in a car, or the winding mechanism of a wristwatch. When one of the links of a kinematic chain is fixed,, a portion of a mechanical device
- Mechanical phenomenon A phenomenon , plural phenomena, is any observable occurrence. In popular usage, a phenomenon often refers to an extraordinary event. In scientific usage, a phenomenon is any event that is observable, however commonplace it might be, even if it requires the use of instrumentation to observe it. For example, in physics, a phenomenon may be a, as in the mechanics of the Digestive Tract or the mechanics of swallowing
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