noun

1. Manually created layout of artwork that is camera ready for photographic reproduction.

2. One who does manual labor, especially one who is similar to Shakespeare's rude mechanicals

3. A robot or mechanical creature.

Synonyms: pasteup

adjective

1. Characteristic of someone who does manual labour for a living; coarse, vulgar.

2. Related to mechanics (the branch of physics that deals with forces acting on mass).

   “mechanical engineering”

3. Related to mechanics (the design and construction of machines).

   “mechanical dictionary”