Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb UK Alternative spelling of
mechanize .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb make mechanical
- verb equip with armed and armored motor vehicles
- verb make monotonous; make automatic or routine
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word mechanise.
Examples
-
Jacques Fleuriot in his Ph.D. thesis (2001) automated the proof theory of nonstandard analysis and used it to mechanise some of the proofs in Newton's Principia.
Model Theory Hodges, Wilfrid 2009
-
This triple-headed caricature of a future ideal for the world, with its claim to take possession of the race and mechanise its life for it, had to be broken, and with it passed away almost all the old phantoms of aristocracy and survivals of aristocratic monarchy which still lived on in an increasingly democratic Europe.
Archive 2008-12-01 Tusar N Mohapatra 2008
-
Wibbi we dropped the idea that personal service is something we can mechanise?
B2fxxx 2008
-
This triple-headed caricature of a future ideal for the world, with its claim to take possession of the race and mechanise its life for it, had to be broken, and with it passed away almost all the old phantoms of aristocracy and survivals of aristocratic monarchy which still lived on in an increasingly democratic Europe.
The human spirit has still to find itself, its idea and its greater orientation Tusar N Mohapatra 2008
-
· Liquid fuels and electricity to mechanise agriculture.
Chapter 10 2000
-
However, the associated mine workers union says employers were also taking advantage of the situation to cut back on labour and mechanise their operations.
-
Other problems hampering food security in Africa include migration, the failure of attempts to mechanise in some countries and insufficient attention from governments.
-
This step is difficult to mechanise because of the irregular size and shape of the rhizomes.
Chapter 26 1987
-
In St. Vincent, recent attempts to increase production to meet the increased demand from the USA for arrowroot starch for use in the manufacture of carbonless paper for computers have been handicapped by the shortage and cost of labour to harvest the crop, and there is an urgent need to mechanise field production.
Chapter 10 1987
-
Obviously, it would be difficult to mechanise such checks, but work has been proceeding at Malaysias Palm Oil Research Institute to see if harvesting could be mechanised to any degree.
Chapter 6 1984
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.