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MECHANIZED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mechanized mean?
• MECHANIZED (adjective)
The adjective MECHANIZED has 2 senses:
1. equipped with machinery
2. using vehicles
Familiarity information: MECHANIZED used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Equipped with machinery
Synonyms:
mechanised; mechanized
Context example:
a mechanized factory
Similar:
mechanical (using (or as if using) mechanisms or tools or devices)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Using vehicles
Synonyms:
mechanised; mechanized; motorized
Context example:
motorized warfare
Similar:
mobile (moving or capable of moving readily (especially from place to place))
Context examples
The branch of applied psychology that is concerned with efficient management of an industrial labor force and especially with problems encountered by workers in a mechanized environment.
(Industrial Psychology, NCI Thesaurus)
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