mechanization

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mechanization

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Alternative forms

• mechanisation

Etymology

From mechanize +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌmɛkənaɪˈzeɪʃən/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

mechanization (countable and uncountable, plural mechanizations)

1. The use of machinery to replace human or animal labour, especially in agriculture and industry.

Derived terms

• antimechanization
• pre-mechanization

Translations

the use of machinery to replace human or animal labour

Arabic: مَكْنَنَة f (maknana), مَيْكَنَة f (maykana) Asturian: mecanización f Belarusian: механіза́цыя f (mjexanizácyja) Bulgarian: механиза́ция (bg) f (mehanizácija) Catalan: mecanització f Chinese: Mandarin: 機械化 / 机械化 (zh) (jīxièhuà) Czech: mechanizace (cs) f Danish: mekanisering c Finnish: koneistus (fi), koneistaminen (fi), koneellistaminen French: mécanisation (fr) f Galician: mecanización (gl) f German: Mechanisierung (de) f Greek: εκμηχάνιση (el) f (ekmichánisi) Hindi: मशीनीकरण m (maśīnīkraṇ), यंत्रीकरण m (yantrīkraṇ) Italian: meccanizzazione (it) f Japanese: 機械化 (ja) (きかいか, kikaika) Kazakh: механикаландыру (mexanikalandyru) Korean: 기계화(機械化) (ko) (gigyehwa) Macedonian: механизација f (mehanizacija) Norwegian: Bokmål: mekanisering m or f Polish: mechanizacja (pl) f Portuguese: mecanização f Romanian: mecanizare (ro) f Russian: механиза́ция (ru) f (mexanizácija) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: механиза́ција f Roman: mehanizácija (sh) f Slovak: mechanizácia f Slovene: mehanizacija f Spanish: mecanización (es) f Swedish: mekanisering c Ukrainian: механіза́ція f (mexanizácija)

See also

• Industrial Revolution