(within a machine or machinery) Any mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion, or the transmission or control of power.

plural of mechanism

(now chiefly historical) A manual worker; a labourer or artisan.

(archaic) mechanical; relating to the laws of motion in the art of constructing things

(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

present participle of mechanize

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mechanize

The use of machinery to replace human or animal labour, especially in agriculture and industry.

(now rare) Characteristic of someone who does manual labour for a living; coarse, vulgar. / Related to mechanics (the branch of physics that deals with forces acting on mass).