WordNet
n. mechanism consisting of a device that works on mechanical principles
Usage examples of "mechanical device".
Some mechanical device is assumed which in a volume that approximates that of the human brain must contain all the circuits necessary to allow the robot a range of perception-and-response reasonably equivalent to that of a human being.
And if for some reason he wanted it done, why on Earth should he do it in so incredibly public a way--at the Tercentenary, no less--thus advertising its existence, risking public revulsion at the thought of shaking hands with a mechanical device, to say nothing of the diplomatic repercussions of having had representatives of other parts of the Federation treat with one?
This is because a transposition requires a whole group of letters that will all be mixed together, and it is hard for a mechanical device to store letters.
It wasn't a mechanical device, because no mechanical could have moved as the statue did.
On the outside, the thing was a mechanical device, with moving parts even.
This soldier flippedvisor open to expose some sort of mechanical device inspace where his head ought to have been.
This soldier flipped his visor open to expose some sort of mechanical device in the space where his head ought to have been.
Lowbacca has been working on a small mechanical device, a repulsor, that could mimic the Trickster's gravitic code.
Lowbacca was busily tinkering with a small mechanical device, and Tenel Ka seemed deeply engrossed in the information on a large data card.
On top of a table near the rocking chair was a weird-looking mechanical device he couldn't figure out.
A robot that believes its something more than a useful mechanical device is a direct threat to our corporate welfare.