Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who is skilled in mechanics or in machinery; one who is versed in the principles of machines or of mechanical construction.
- noun A mechanic; an artisan.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One skilled in the theory or construction of machines; a machinist.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun dated One skilled in the theory or construction of
machines . - noun dated One skilled in building, using, or repairing machines, or who makes machines or
tools . - noun dated One skilled in mechanics.
- noun dated A machinist.
- noun dated A scientifically trained practitioner.
- noun dated A mechanic.
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Examples
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The universe for a mechanician is a machine that requires an operator; for chemistry — that fiendish employment of decomposing all things — the world is a gas endowed with the power of movement.
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The universe for a mechanician is a machine that requires an operator; for chemistry -- that fiendish employment of decomposing all things -- the world is a gas endowed with the power of movement.
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He was precise about only two things -- motor-timing and calling himself a "mechanician," not a
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Celestial mechanician wrote: how do you account for the Periodic Table that is made up of hydrogen like orbitals?
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Quantum Mechanics, But Were Afraid to Ask
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The mechanician was standing bolt upright, planted on both feet, like some victim dropped straight from the gibbet, when Raphael broke in upon him.
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In fact, a quantum mechanician like Bohr would say that, in the absence of an experiment to determine them, these quantities have no existence at all.
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“‘Ow long d’you give it, Sir?” said the mechanician, turning his white face a little.
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The mechanician pressed her head down towards her feet.
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The mechanician poured into three cups, one of which he brought to Eustace with a jug of milk and a basin of damp white sugar.
Gammerstang commented on the word mechanician
(noun) - An artisan; one who is versed in mechanics; from French mechanicien. --C.A.M. Fennell's Stanford Dictionary of Anglicised Words and Phrases, 1964
January 31, 2018