Other articles related to "mechanical":
... Although mechanical contact-based switches are most commonly used for general purpose electrical switching, switches that have no moving parts are generally longer-lived ... Piezo and capacitive switches are the two most popular non-mechanical switch types currently available ... One advantage they have over mechanical contact-based switches is that they have no moving parts to wear out ...
... Mechanical (character), one of several characters in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream A kind of typeface in the VOX-ATypI classification ...
... pentaprism viewfinder) into one superbly integrated package with bulletproof mechanical durability and reliability, plus topnotch optical quality ... With the 35 mm SLR optical and mechanical format perfected, the industry turned to advancements in electronic convenience features ... A major expense of the Nikkormat F-series was its high quality mechanical shutter ...
... In physics, mechanical energy is the sum of potential energy and kinetic energy and present in the components of a mechanical system ... like the gravitational force, the mechanical energy is constant ... will be present, but often they are of negligible values and the mechanical energy's being constant can therefore be a useful approximation ...
... This is the only visible change to the aircraft's existing mechanical controls in the cockpit ... helicopter's systems are integrated into the aircraft's existing mechanical controls to reduce pilot workload ... kg) due to the requirement to not modify the existing mechanical control system ...
Famous quotes containing the word mechanical:
“The correct rate of speed in innovating changes in long-standing social customs has not yet been determined by even the most expert of the experts. Personally I am beginning to think there is more danger in lagging than in speeding up cultural change to keep pace with mechanical change.”
—Mary Barnett Gilson (1877–?)
“We are caught up Mr. Perry on a great wave whether we will or no, a great wave of expansion and progress. All these mechanical inventions—telephones, electricity, steel bridges, horseless vehicles—they are all leading somewhere. It’s up to us to be on the inside in the forefront of progress.”
—John Dos Passos (1896–1970)
“Industry has operated against the artisan in favor of the idler, and also in favor of capital and against labor. Any mechanical invention whatsoever has been more harmful to humanity than a century of war.”
—Rémy De Gourmont (1858–1915)