MECHANICAL DRAWING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mechanical drawing mean? 

• MECHANICAL DRAWING (noun)
  The noun MECHANICAL DRAWING has 2 senses:

1. scale drawing of a machine or architectural plan etc,

2. the craft of drawing blueprints

  Familiarity information: MECHANICAL DRAWING used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MECHANICAL DRAWING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Scale drawing of a machine or architectural plan etc,

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("mechanical drawing" is a kind of...):

drawing (a representation of forms or objects on a surface by means of lines)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mechanical drawing"):

horizontal section (a mechanical drawing of an object as if made by a plane cutting through it horizontally)

vertical section (a mechanical drawing showing the interior of an object as if made by a vertical plane passing through it)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The craft of drawing blueprints

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

drafting; mechanical drawing

Hypernyms ("mechanical drawing" is a kind of...):

craft; trade (the skilled practice of a practical occupation)