He acknowledges nothing besides matter and motion; so that all must
be performed either by mechanism or accident.
Bentley.
3. (Kinematics) An ideal machine; a combination of movable bodies
constituting a machine, but considered only with regard to relative
movements.
Mech"an*ist, n. 1. A maker of machines; one skilled in mechanics.
2. One who regards the phenomena of nature as the effects of forces
merely mechanical.
Mech"an*ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mechanized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Mechanizing (?).] [Cf. F. méchaniser.] To cause to be mechanical.
Shelley.
Mech"an*o*graph (?), n. [Gr. mhchanh` machine + -graph.] One of a
number of copies of anything multiplied mechanically.
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