(physics) The branch of physics that deals with the action of forces on material objects with mass / The design and construction of machines. / (writing) Spelling and punctuation.

plural of mechanic

(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).

(advertising) Manually created layout of artwork that is camera ready for photographic reproduction. / One who does manual labor, especially one who is similar to Shakespeare's rude mechanicals

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

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

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

To equip something with machinery. / To equip a military unit with tanks and other armed vehicles. / To make something routine, automatic or monotonous.

In a mechanical manner.

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