It is questionable if all the mechanical inventions yet made have lightened the day's toil of any human being. From LearnThat.org. [John Stuart Mill (1806-1873)]
A mechanical process. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
A belief that the universe is a mechanical contrivance. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
mechanical arts. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
People have to go on what we call mechanical ventilation, the breathing machine. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 10, 2005] Reference
(Notice that to critically describe a performance as "mechanical" is never, ever a good thing.). From Wordnik.com. [All your compliments and your cutting remarks / Are captured here in my quotation marks] Reference
They're trained on that type of demolitions, or even what they call mechanical breaches to get in. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 5, 2003] Reference
But in mechanical engineering, the yield is nearly 25%. From Wordnik.com. [Private colleges wait to see which accepted students pay up] Reference
College of Engineering with a B.S. in mechanical engineering. From Wordnik.com. [Crecca, Joseph] Reference
In 1984 he graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering. From Wordnik.com. [Across the North Pole] Reference
How foreign to anything we know as mechanical or chemical it all is!. From Wordnik.com. [The Breath of Life] Reference
Melis Anahtar majors in mechanical and biomedical engineering at MIT. From Wordnik.com. [Glamour magazine's Top Ten College Women of 2007] Reference
He went to Purdue University where he majored in mechanical engineering. From Wordnik.com. [Five People Born on April 3 | myFiveBest] Reference
This is a pantheistic world of little sprites housed in mechanical vessels. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-02-01] Reference
Long-term mechanical left ventricular assistance for end-stage heart failure. From Wordnik.com. [Medlogs - Recent stories] Reference
Yvonne Clark: the first black woman to be awarded a B.S. in mechanical engineering. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-07-01] Reference
He received a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Catholic University in 1953. From Wordnik.com. [James G. O'Boyle, patent lawyer] Reference
The female mind has as yet manifested very little of the kind of genius termed mechanical, or inventive. From Wordnik.com. [Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. 42, January, 1851] Reference
Such normative entities don't actually exist, and everything we do can be fully described in mechanical terms. From Wordnik.com. [Courting the Theists] Reference
She is a graduate student in mechanical engineering who is "living in flagrant violation of the 3-sigma rule". From Wordnik.com. [Blogrolling: A Mini-Me?] Reference
The use of lasers to establish a local reference frame makes the system insensitive to long-term mechanical drift. From Wordnik.com. [Medlogs - Recent stories] Reference
The Double Trouble was vibrating, in mechanical spasms, as she became unstable from engine loss and structural damage. From Wordnik.com. [Above the Clouds at Thirty Below] Reference
The leaks appeared to be coming from deteriorating seals within mechanical couplings installed between the 1950s and 1970s. From Wordnik.com. [Development in once-rural areas put populations closer to natural gas pipelines] Reference
Marc Vachon, who has a degree in mechanical engineering and an MBA, cautions there is a risk of focusing too much on the tasks. From Wordnik.com. [Family life, roles changing as couples seek balance] Reference
But it is far more necessary (because much depends upon it) that men should know that violent motion (which we call mechanical, but which. From Wordnik.com. [The New Organon] Reference
A gentleman with a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Stanford has created a street-legal Beetle with a jet engine stuffed in the back. From Wordnik.com. [Volkswagen Beetle. Jet engine. Well, why not? | Diane Duane's weblog: "Out of Ambit"] Reference
Our data show that very short term mechanical ventilation with lower tidal volumes than 10 ml/kg did not reduce inflammation additionally. From Wordnik.com. [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference
These I will call the mechanical and the official. From Wordnik.com. [Liberalism] Reference
Voice Culture must be turned from the idea of mechanical vocal management. From Wordnik.com. [The Psychology of Singing A Rational Method of Voice Culture Based on a Scientific Analysis of All Systems, Ancient and Modern] Reference
The plate as it comes from the etching bath may be termed a mechanical product. From Wordnik.com. [The Building of a Book A Series of Practical Articles Written by Experts in the Various Departments of Book Making and Distributing] Reference
It is thus seen that the idea of mechanical vocal management is utterly erroneous. From Wordnik.com. [The Psychology of Singing A Rational Method of Voice Culture Based on a Scientific Analysis of All Systems, Ancient and Modern] Reference
Psychological principles do not countenance the idea of mechanical vocal management. From Wordnik.com. [The Psychology of Singing A Rational Method of Voice Culture Based on a Scientific Analysis of All Systems, Ancient and Modern] Reference
I can't understand why Schleck's botched shift is referred to as a mechanical failure. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
The basic principle of modern Voice Culture is the idea of mechanical vocal management. From Wordnik.com. [The Psychology of Singing A Rational Method of Voice Culture Based on a Scientific Analysis of All Systems, Ancient and Modern] Reference
Without exception, all instruction in singing is to-day based on the idea of mechanical tone-production. From Wordnik.com. [The Psychology of Singing A Rational Method of Voice Culture Based on a Scientific Analysis of All Systems, Ancient and Modern] Reference
Heat, then, has a capacity to perform work, and that power is known as the mechanical equivalent of heat. From Wordnik.com. [Aether and Gravitation] Reference
I find a great feature of the so-called mechanical piano-player lies in what it allows you to do yourself. From Wordnik.com. [The Pianolist A Guide for Pianola Players] Reference
It requires several months for the normally constituted student to grasp the idea of mechanical vocal management. From Wordnik.com. [The Psychology of Singing A Rational Method of Voice Culture Based on a Scientific Analysis of All Systems, Ancient and Modern] Reference
The elastic rotation (in a limited space) of a molecule differs entirely from that known as mechanical elasticity. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 392, July 7, 1883] Reference
Eliminating the idea of mechanical vocal management does not imply the abandonment of methodical instruction in singing. From Wordnik.com. [The Psychology of Singing A Rational Method of Voice Culture Based on a Scientific Analysis of All Systems, Ancient and Modern] Reference
These processes are generally called mechanical, yet, as in photography, great skill is required to produce the best results. From Wordnik.com. [The Building of a Book A Series of Practical Articles Written by Experts in the Various Departments of Book Making and Distributing] Reference
The changes made by some actions (those which by contrast may be called mechanical) are external; they are shifting things about. From Wordnik.com. [Democracy and Education: an introduction to the philosophy of education] Reference
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