mechanurgy

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UK/məˈkænəd͡ʒi/US/məˈkænəɹd͡ʒi/

noun

The branch of science that deals with moving machines.

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Meanings

nounmechanurgy (uncountable)
  1. obsoleterareuncountableThe branch of science that deals with moving machines.

    We moderns in mechánurgy excel, And crafts whereof Greek history doth not tell

    1907, Edwin Sauter, Satires, page 14
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    Recourse must be had to some positive mechanical contrivance[…]Such a movement involves some of the finest problems in mechanurgy.

    1883 May 5, "Chordal", “Extracts from Chordal's Letters”, in American Machinist, volume 6, number 18, page 3

    The character of the instruction given in the regular feldsher schools is indicated by the following curriculum, taken from official sources: Theology. / Russian language. / Latin. […] Surgery. / Desmurgy. / Mechanurgy. / Massage.[…]

    1906 October 1, Reports of military observers attached to the armies in Manchuria during the Russo-Japanese War (part II), page 131

Origin

From mechano- + -urgy

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APA

mechanurgy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mechanurgy

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“mechanurgy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mechanurgy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mechanurgy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mechanurgy.

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