mechanicals
mechanicals is the plural of mechanical.
Noun
mechanicals pl (plural only)
- mechanical fixtures and fittings.
- The mechanicals — mirror cell, focuser, and so on — were much better than what Robert had made himself in the 60s, and the optics were, if not quite up to the best premium custom optics, probably better than Robert could have produced himself.2005, Robert Bruce Thompson, Barbara Fritchman Thompson, Astronomy Hacks: Tips and Tools for Observing the Night Sky, →ISBN, page 203
- You only want to make sure the mechanicals are all sound and you will do this though having a Home Inspection and the realtor can write a clause on the offer - that the Seller pay for the repairs of anything wrong or you can negotiate that on your offer.2006, John Mahaney, Secure Your Retirement, →ISBN, page 20
- Royalties on the sale of recordings in the form of records, CDs, tapes, or similar objects.
- Know that your publisher understands and loves them and that your publisher wants you to get a record deal so that they can start making money off you via the mechanicals.2004, George Howard, Jonathan Feist, Getting Signed!: An Insider's Guide to the Record Industry, →ISBN, page 130
- Composers and songwriters can earn royalties from many sources including record, CD, and tape sales (mechanicals), U.S. and foreign television, cable and radio performances, theater performances, downloads, streaming, and artist and record producer royalties, among others.2008, Ron Sobel, Dick Weissman, Music Publishing: The Roadmap to Royalties, →ISBN, page 25
Meaning of mechanical
Noun
mechanical (plural mechanicals)
- Manually created layout of artwork that is camera ready for photographic reproduction.
- Since we are dealing with copy in paste-up form, we are now concerned with the preparation and assembly of elements suitable for camera-ready copy, positioned on the mechanical according to the rough layout supplied.1980, Henry C. Latimer, Production planning and repro mechanicals for offset printing, page 92
- Synonyms:
- pasteup
- One who does manual labor, especially one who is similar to Shakespeare's rude mechanicals.
- Rude mechanicals must know their place in a horsey army.1989, A J Smithers, Rude Mechanicals: An account of Tank Maturity during the Second World War, →ISBN, page 3
- A robot or mechanical creature.
- Is it a mechanical, or a man in a clockwork suit?2012, Cindy Spencer Pape, Moonlight & Mechanicals, →ISBN, page 90
- A mechanical engineer.
- When the older courses had been separated from the literary curriculum eight years the civils, mechanicals and electricals had changed their relative positions four times.1910, Michigan Alumnus - Volume 16, page 302
- An instance of equipment failure.
- The pack are suffering mechanicals and pull up under a lamp post marking a right turn.2010, Andy Allsopp, Barring Mechanicals - from London to Edinburgh and Back, on a Recumbent Bicycle, →ISBN, page 96
- A stop on an organ that is operated by a hand or foot control rather than having to be manually set up in advance.
- On the other hand I heard only recently of a modern marvel — an organ of two manuals and about sixteen or eighteen stops with adequate and modern mechanicals that the pastor assures me has not been touched by repairer or even by tuner in four years!1914, Expositor and Current Anecdotes - Volume 16, page 353
Questions about mechanicals
- What does mechanicals mean?
- Mechanicals means mechanical fixtures and fittings.
- What is mechanicals the plural of?
- Mechanicals is the plural of mechanical.
- What part of speech is mechanicals?
- Mechanicals is a noun.
Words near mechanicals in the dictionary
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