mechanicals

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mechanicals

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plural plural of mechanical

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US, plural, plural only mechanical fixtures and fittings. The mechanicals — mirror cell, focuser, and so on — were much better than what Robert had made himself in the 60s, and the optics were, if not quite up to the best premium custom optics, probably better than Robert could have produced himself.
plural, plural only Royalties on the sale of recordings in the form of records, CDs, tapes, or similar objects. Know that your publisher understands and loves them and that your publisher wants you to get a record deal so that they can start making money off you via the mechanicals.

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@misc{mechanicals_2026,
  title = {mechanicals},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mechanicals},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}