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A nice way of put the fact that a sailor has to do it by hand, and achieve the task without mechanical aid.
Mechanical Engineer.
A winch mechanism, usually with a horizontal axis. Used where mechanical advantage greater than that obtainable by block and tackle is needed. ie. raising the anchor.
Complete a task using no mechanical advantage. Do it by hand.
A mechanical method of increasing force, such as with a tackle or lever.
Electronic, computercontrolled operation of aircraft control surfaces. Supplants mechanical/hydraulic actuation common in earlier jets. The F-16 Falcon, F/A-18 Hornet, and the French Mirage 2000 use these systems.
The act of winding a line around an object. Used to create friction and gain mechanical advantage.
English rhyming slang - Mechanical digger = Nigger
n. a ride that must last for at least six hours and include at least three mechanicals that add at least an extra hour to the ride time. Epics are usually started with a statement like "the trail is buff, should only take three hours." Similar to death march.
A mechanical problem on an aircraft. An “up†gripe means you can still fly, a “down†gripe means you can’t.
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The mechanical appliance by means of which a vessel is guided or steered when in motion. It is a broad and flat blade made of wood or iron, with a long shank, and is fastened in an upright position, usually by one edge, to the sternpost of the vessel in such a way that it can be turned from side to side in the water by means of a tiller, wheel, or other attachment.
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A lever of wood or metal fitted to the rudder head and used for turning side to side in steering. In small boats hand power is used; in large vessels, the tiller is moved by means of mechanical appliances. See Illust. of Rudder. Cf. 2d Helm, 1.
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Of or pertaining to a machine or to machinery or tools; made or formed by a machine or with tools; as, mechanical precision; mechanical products.
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The business which a person has learned, and which he engages in, for procuring subsistence, or for profit; occupation; especially, mechanical employment as distinguished from the liberal arts, the learned professions, and agriculture; as, we speak of the trade of a smith, of a carpenter, or mason, but not now of the trade of a farmer, or a lawyer, or a physician.
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The state or quality of being mechanical.
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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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The clippings of metals made in various mechanical operations.
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To travel; to make progress; to be moved by mechanical means; to go; as, the steamboat runs regularly to Albany; the train runs to Chicago.
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A rope rove through a block and used to increase the mechanical power of a tackle.
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Done as if by a machine; uninfluenced by will or emotion; proceeding automatically, or by habit, without special intention or reflection; as, mechanical singing; mechanical verses; mechanical service.
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the practice of doing things with undiscriminating, mechanical regularity.
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To pull or haul strongly and all together, as upon a rope, without the assistance of mechanical appliances.
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Made and operated by interaction of forces without a directing intelligence; as, a mechanical universe.
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The science which treats of the mechanical action or relations of heat.
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To cause to become mechanical.
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One skilled in a variety of small mechanical work.
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To busy one's self in mending old kettles, pans, etc.; to play the tinker; to be occupied with small mechanical works.
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A process of increasing the strength of wrought iron by heating it to a determinate temperature, and giving to it, while in that state, a mechanical strain or tension in the direction in which the strength is afterward to be exerted.
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In a mechanical manner.
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An instrument such as a hammer, saw, plane, file, and the like, used in the manual arts, to facilitate mechanical operations; any instrument used by a craftsman or laborer at his work; an implement; as, the tools of a joiner, smith, shoe-maker, etc.; also, a cutter, chisel, or other part of an instrument or machine that dresses work.
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