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Mechanical device

Unique Tag: [ MechanicalDevice ]

Aliases: [ Machine, Machinery, Machines, Mechanical, Mechanical devices, Mechanism, Mechanisms, More mechanical, Most mechanical ]
A specialization of device. Each instance of mechanical device is a physical device which has at least one part that moves with respect to another one of its parts. Thus a spoon is not an instance of mechanical device, but a pair of scissors is, as are more complex devices such as vacuum cleaners and the the space shuttle Challenger.
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