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Definition of Mechanical device
1. Noun. Mechanism consisting of a device that works on mechanical principles.
Specialized synonyms: Broadcaster, Spreader, Bumper, Bumper Guard, Carburetor, Carburettor, Compressor, Copyholder, Coupler, Coupling, Crimper, Curler, Hair Curler, Roller, Diaphragm, Stop, Dicer, Electromechanical Device, Escapement, Gear Lever, Gearshift, Gearstick, Shifter, Grab, Claw, Hook, Machine, Simple Machine, Pantograph, Piston, Plunger, Propeller, Propellor, Pump, Rachet, Ratch, Ratchet, Auto-changer, Changer, Record Changer, Ride, Seeder, Shutter, Binding, Ski Binding, Splicer, Splint, Sprinkler, Stator, Stator Coil, Stoker, Stretcher, Striker, Supply Chamber, Swing, Pickup, Pickup Arm, Tone Arm, Trap, Vibrator, Vibrator, Voting Machine, Vane, Weather Vane, Weathervane, Wind Vane, Wheelwork, Winder, Key, Winder, Windscreen Wiper, Windshield Wiper, Wiper, Wiper Blade
Generic synonyms: Mechanism
Generic synonyms: Mechanism
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mechanical Device
Literary usage of Mechanical device
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sonnenschein's Cyclopædia of Education: A Handbook of Reference on All by Alfred Ewen Fletcher (1889)
"... But no mechanical device has been at once so simple and so effective as the
invention of a local value for figures, ie the fixing the first line for ..."
2. Railway Signaling by Everett Edgar King (1921)
"A mechanical device connected to a unit in order to insure that one or more other
... A mechanical device in connection with an interlocking signal lever to ..."
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