mechanized

Thân thiện

A farmer uses a mechanized tractor to plow his field.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Equipped with machinery or vehicles, especially to replace human or animal labor: Describes something that has been converted to operate using machines, often for greater efficiency or power.
   • Military usage: Using armored vehicles and other machines for combat: Specifically describes military units or warfare that employs motorized and armored vehicles.

Usage and Examples

• Adjective (General Use):

  • The farm became highly mechanized, using tractors and harvesters instead of horses.
  • A fully mechanized assembly line can produce hundreds of units per hour.

• Adjective (Military Use):

  • The mechanized infantry advanced quickly in their armored personnel carriers.
  • Modern armies rely on mechanized divisions for rapid deployment.

Advanced Usage and Nuances

• The term often implies a systematic replacement of manual processes with automated or machine-driven ones. It can carry a connotation of industrialization and modern efficiency.
• In a broader, sometimes critical sense, it can describe processes or systems that have become impersonal, routine, or lacking human touch.
  • The once-artisanal process has become a mechanized routine.

Variants and Related Words

• Mechanize (verb): To equip with machinery; to make mechanical.
  • The company plans to mechanize its warehouse operations.
• Mechanization (noun): The process of introducing machines.
  • The mechanization of agriculture transformed rural life.
• Motorized (adjective): Similar in meaning, often used interchangeably in the military context (e.g., motorized infantry), though "mechanized" typically implies heavier armor and combat vehicles.

Synonyms

• Automated: Operated with minimal human intervention.
• Motorized: Equipped with a motor or engine.
• Industrialized: Developed with large-scale, machine-based industry.

Antonyms

• Manual: Operated or done by hand.
• Handcrafted: Made by hand, not by machine.
• Non-mechanized: Lacking machinery.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. using vehicles
   • motorized warfare
2. equipped with machinery
   • a mechanized factory

Từ đồng nghĩa

• mechanised
• motorized