'Mechanize' definitions:
Definition of 'mechanize'
From: WordNet
verb
Equip with armed and armored motor vehicles; "mechanize armies" [syn: mechanize, mechanise, motorize, motorise]
verb
Make monotonous; make automatic or routine; "If your work becomes too mechanized, change jobs!" [syn: mechanize, mechanise]
verb
Make mechanical; "mechanize the procedure" [syn: mechanize, mechanise]
Definition of 'Mechanize'
From: GCIDE
- Mechanize \Mech"an*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mechanized; p. pr. & vb. n. Mechanizing.] [Cf. F. m['e]chaniser.]
- 1. To cause to be mechanical. --Shelley. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To introduce machinery into (a process) in order to reduce human effort or improve uniformity or quality of the result; especially, To cause to be accomplished by a mechanical means which requires little or no human supervision; to automate. [PJC]
- 3. Hence: (Mil.) To equip (an armed force) with tanks or other vehicles. [PJC]
Words containing 'Mechanize'
- Mechanic,
- Mechanical,
- Mechanically,
- Mechanics,
- Mechanism,
- Mechanized,
- Mechanizing,
- mechanization,
- Animal mechanics,
- Applied mechanics,
- Mechanic Falls,
- Mechanic Falls, ME,
- Mechanical effect,
- Mechanical engineering,
- Mechanical maneuvers,
- Mechanical philosophy,
- Mechanical powers,
- Mechanical solution,
- Train of mechanism,
- action mechanism,
- airplane mechanics,
- auto mechanics,
- automobile mechanic,
- biochemical mechanism,
- celestial mechanics,
- chemical mechanism,
- classical mechanics,
- defence mechanism,
- defense mechanism,
- escape mechanism,
- firing mechanism,
- fluid mechanics,
- gear mechanism,
- mechanic's lien,
- mechanical advantage,
- mechanical device,
- mechanical drawing,
- mechanical energy,
- mechanical engineer,
- mechanical man,
- mechanical mixture,
- mechanical phenomenon,
- mechanical piano,
- mechanical press,
- mechanical system,
- mechanically skillful,
- mechanism of action,
- mechanized cavalry,
- newtonian mechanics,
- orbital mechanics,
- quantum mechanics,
- rotating mechanism,
- shop mechanic,
- statistical mechanics,
- steering mechanism,
- transmission mechanism,
- wave mechanics,
- Mechanical equivalent of heat,
- auto-mechanic,
- car-mechanic