mechanical

mécanique

Qui concerne les machines, leurs pièces, leur conception ou leur fabrication.

En anglais simple : Connected with machines, their parts, or how they are designed and built.

• The car has a mechanical problem.
• She designs mechanical devices for factories.
• A mechanical fault stopped the lift between floors.

Expressions courantes : mechanical device, mechanical fault, mechanical engineer

mécanique, mécanisé

Effectué par une machine au lieu d’être fait à la main.

En anglais simple : Carried out by a machine rather than by a person using their hands.

• Mechanical cleaning saves time.
• The farm introduced mechanical harvesting last year.
• Mechanical sorting separates the seeds by size.

Synonymes : machine-operated, automated

Contraires : manual

Expressions courantes : mechanical harvesting, mechanical cleaning, mechanical sorting

mécanique

Qui concerne les forces physiques qui font bouger les objets ou changent leur forme.

En anglais simple : Connected with the physical forces that make objects move or change shape.

• The wheel stores mechanical energy.
• We measured the mechanical properties of the material.
• Mechanical stress can cause cracks in the metal.

Expressions courantes : mechanical energy, mechanical force, mechanical properties