mechanical device

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Bushing is a mechanical device used to temper energy between two electrical parts.

From BBC • Jul. 2, 2025

When Rodriguez was transferred to UW Medical Center last December, Bellingham doctors had already added a balloon pump — a shorter-term mechanical device that helps pump blood — near her heart to support it.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 27, 2023

Dr. Asleson said Bache used a physiognotrace, a mechanical device that he modified and patented in 1803, that could trace the contours of a human face with “mathematical correctness” without coming into contact with it.

From New York Times • Apr. 29, 2023

Then again, my watch is an example of a formerly mechanical device that now offers me so much more by virtue of being smart and connected.

From Slate • Feb. 12, 2022

The walls are covered, top to bottom, with shelves of all sizes, crowded with what appear to be radios, clocks, tubes, small motors, and every mechanical device you could imagine— and some you couldn’t.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin