mechanician
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of mechanician
Example Sentences
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S. P. Dickson, whom a New York Times article referred to as a mechanician, died during the race after his car lost a wheel, causing both occupants to be thrown out.
From New York Times ● May 16, 2016
“This is a neat paper,” says James Hanna, a mechanician at Virginia Tech, who has tackled similar problems in horizontal chains.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 15, 2014
Son Jay was the "mechanician" during races, stopped leaks at full speed, at race's end took the magnetos home and dried them in the oven.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Smith's mechanician drop a message to his family.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The French celebrated mechanician, the Abbé Mical, also made two heads of brass, which pronounced very distinctly entire phrases; these heads were colossal, and their voices powerful and sonorous.
From Curiosities of Medical Experience by J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen
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