mehānisks

From mehānika (“mechanics”) +‎ -isks. Probably not derived as such in Latvian, but borrowed and adapted from another European language.

mehānisks (definite mehāniskais, comparative mehāniskāks, superlative vismehāniskākais, adverb mehāniski)

1. mechanical (relating to the motion of bodies and their resulting interactions)

   mehāniskā enerģija ― mechanical energy

   materiāla mehāniskās īpašības ― mechanical properties of the material

   mehāniskā sistēma ― mechanical system

   mehāniskais darbs ― mechanical work

   mehāniskais līdzsvars ― mechanical equilibrium

2. mechanical (realtingd to a mechanism or machine, producing mechanisms or machines, working with the help of a mechanism or machine)

   mehāniskā terapija ― mechanical therapy

   mehāniskā darbnīca, mehāniskais cehs ― machine-shop (lit. mechanical workshop)

   mehāniskais veseris ― mechanical hammer

   mehāniskās rotaļlietas ― mechanical toys

3. mechanical (happening without the participation of consciousness, unconscious; without active, creative participation, one-sided)

   mehānisks darbs ― mechanical work

   mehāniska iemācīšanās no galvas ― mechanical learning by heart (lit. from head)

• mehānika
• mehāniķis, mehāniķe
• mehānisms