The difference between Mechanical and Pasteup
When used as nouns, mechanical means manually created layout of artwork that is camera ready for photographic reproduction, whereas pasteup means a sheet on which text, images, etc. are pasted in order to be copied and printed, such as for an advertisement.
Mechanical is also adjective with the meaning: characteristic of someone who does manual labour for a living.
check bellow for the other definitions of Mechanical and Pasteup
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Mechanical as an adjective (now, _, rare):
Characteristic of someone who does manual labour for a living; coarse, vulgar.
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Mechanical as an adjective:
Related to mechanics .
Examples:
"'mechanical engineering"
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Mechanical as an adjective:
Related to mechanics .
Examples:
"'mechanical dictionary"
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Mechanical as an adjective:
Done by machine.
Examples:
"'mechanical task"
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Mechanical as an adjective:
Using mechanics : being a machine.
Examples:
"'mechanical arm"
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Mechanical as an adjective:
As if performed by a machine: lifeless or mindless.
Examples:
"a mechanical reply to a question"
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Mechanical as an adjective (of a person):
Acting as if one were a machine: lifeless or mindless.
Examples:
"The pianist was too mechanical."
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Mechanical as an adjective (informal):
Handy with machines.
Examples:
"Why don't you ask Joe to fix it? He's very mechanical."
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Mechanical as a noun (advertising):
Manually created layout of artwork that is camera ready for photographic reproduction.
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Mechanical as a noun:
One who does manual labor, especially one who is similar to Shakespeare's rude mechanicals
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Mechanical as a noun (science fiction):
A robot or mechanical creature.
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Mechanical as a noun (engineering):
A mechanical engineer.
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Mechanical as a noun (bicycling):
An instance of equipment failure.
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Mechanical as a noun (music):
A stop on an organ that is operated by a hand or foot control rather than having to be manually set up in advance.
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Mechanical as a noun (archaic):
A machine that performs a job typically accomplished using an animal or manual labor.
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Pasteup as a noun:
A sheet on which text, images, etc. are pasted in order to be copied and printed, such as for an advertisement.