mechanical device
Example Sentences
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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
“A plumping mill is a mechanical device run by water power. It lifts a hammer and drops it.”
From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
