mehānisks

From mehānika (“mechanics”) +‎ -isks. Probably not derived as such in Latvian, but borrowed and adapted from another European language.

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mehānisks (definite mehāniskais, comparative mehāniskāks, superlative vismehāniskākais, adverb mehāniski)

1. mechanical (relating to the motion of bodies and their resulting interactions)

   mehāniskā enerģija ― mechanical energy

   materiāla mehāniskās īpašības ― mechanical properties of the material

   mehāniskā sistēma ― mechanical system

   mehāniskais darbs ― mechanical work

   mehāniskais līdzsvars ― mechanical equilibrium

2. mechanical (realtingd to a mechanism or machine, producing mechanisms or machines, working with the help of a mechanism or machine)

   mehāniskā terapija ― mechanical therapy

   mehāniskā darbnīca, mehāniskais cehs ― machine-shop (lit. mechanical workshop)

   mehāniskais veseris ― mechanical hammer

   mehāniskās rotaļlietas ― mechanical toys

3. mechanical (happening without the participation of consciousness, unconscious; without active, creative participation, one-sided)

   mehānisks darbs ― mechanical work

   mehāniska iemācīšanās no galvas ― mechanical learning by heart (lit. from head)

• mehānika
• mehāniķis, mehāniķe
• mehānisms