mech

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See also: mech., Mech, Mech., and měch

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɛk/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛk

Noun

mech (countable and uncountable, plural mechs)

  1. (science fiction) A large piloted combat robot.
  2. (science fiction) A robot.
    Synonym: robot
    Hyponyms: android, mechanoid
    • 1999, Analog Science Fiction & Fact - Volume 119, page 55:
      But I reprogrammed the recognition codes, and they won't treat him as Roubor Transic, nor will they obey any order he gives them. He's Mr. X to the mechs, a casual human to be taken care of just as well as possible, but never, never released.
    • 2001, Robert I. Katz, Edward Maret: A Novel of the Future, page 100:
      He particularly liked the box full of "companions," small, hand-held mechs with advanced AI functions, programmed as individual advice and information systems.
    • 2006, Lou Anders, Futureshocks, page 75:
      She grew up in Lower Manhattan, suffering the impeccably programmed attentions of the nanny mechs that did the work her mother and father couldn't be bothered with.
    • 2019, Ron S. Nolan, Met Chron New-Humans:
      After a round of hugs and kisses, they headed to the lounge where Genie met them at the door and escorted them to the new VIP section followed by a mech that took their drink orders.
  3. Clipping of mechanic.
    • 1979, Daved V. Arel, “Switchitis”, in Mech, page 6:
      Yes, Switchitis. It's a highly contagious disease which can affect all propeller mechs. This disease can be costly, but usually not to the mechs. They're just the carriers. The people most affected by this disease are the flightcrews – those fearless adventurers who go flying around in machines that you mechs have worked on.
  4. (uncountable) Clipping of mechanics.
  5. (cycling) Clipping of (derailleur) mechanism.
    front/rear mech
    • 2011, Fred Milson, Complete Bike Maintenance, MVP Books, →ISBN, page 88:
      To fit a braze-on front mech without breaking the chain, remove the nut and bolt from the chain cage, as shown.
    • 2015, Chris Boardman, The Biography of the Modern Bike: The Ultimate History of Bike Design, Hachette, →ISBN, page 54:
      Campagnolo made one more giant step forward when the company developed the first parallelogram rear mechanism—the Gran Sport—in 1951. Its parallelogram action and double jockey wheels are how all rear mechanisms (or rear mechs for short) operate today.

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Adjective

mech

  1. Abbreviation of mechanical.
  2. Abbreviation of mechanized.

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Czech

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech mech, from Proto-Slavic *mъxъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

mech m inan

  1. moss

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • mech in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • mech in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • mech in Internetová jazyková příručka

Lower Sorbian

mech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mъxъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

mech m inan

  1. moss (plants of the division Bryophyta)

Declension

Further reading

  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “mech”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “mech”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German mich, from Old High German mih.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

mech

  1. first-person singular, accusative: me
    Kënnt Dir mech verstoen? — Can you understand me?
  2. first-person singular, reflexive: myself
    Ech hu mech blesséiert — I have hurt myself

Declension

Middle English

Verb

mech

  1. Alternative form of macchen

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish mech, from Proto-Slavic *mъxъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *muśas, from Proto-Indo-European *músos, from the root *mews- (moss).

Pronunciation

Noun

mech m inan (diminutive meszek)

  1. moss

Declension

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adjectives
nouns
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Further reading

  • mech in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • mech in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mě̑xъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

mech m inan (genitive singular mecha, nominative plural mechy, genitive plural mechov, declension pattern of dub)

  1. bag
  2. bellows

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • mech”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Yurok

Etymology

From Proto-Algic *mehše (fire).

Pronunciation

Noun

mech

  1. fire