(Canada, US) A pencil with a replaceable and mechanically extendable lead that wears away with use, designed to provide lines of constant thickness without requiring sharpening, and typically featuring a small eraser at the end opposite the tip.

Of or pertaining to quantum mechanics.

Alternative form of quantum mechanical

(biology) The breaking of food into digestible chunks, normally using the teeth.

plural of mechanical

(US) mechanical fixtures and fittings. / (recording) Royalties on the sale of recordings in the form of records, CDs, tapes, or similar objects.

plural of mechanical energy

(uncountable) The state or characteristic of being mechanical. / (countable) A mechanical action.

Alternative form of mechanicalness

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mechanicalize