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    https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mechanical

    https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/manual

    You’re welcome for the lesson on the finer semantic details of your secondary language.

    Bonus terminology:

    “Appeal to authority”: A logical fallacy in which it is claimed that a person’s expertise in a field is proof of a claim itself. This is a disputed fallacy, as there are indeed certain instances where it might applicable, such as a mechanical engineer describing the workings of mechanical systems, but is always a fallacy when they attempt to use their expertise in one field as proof in another.

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      mechanical, adjective

      of or relating to manual operations

      Did you even read the links before posting them?

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        Do you believe a ball is a mechanical system?

        You can have a manual input to a mechanical system. For example, pulling a lever to operate a machine.

        The typical distinction is whether it uses and translates the input through various mechanisms. Moving a shutter with your thumb is not a mechanical shutter.

        Flipping a switch or pushing a button to do same thing could be. The manual input is translated to a separate output instead of the person providing the energy directly.

        Did I explain this middle school vocabulary lesson to your satisfaction?

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            🤷‍♂️

            You can show them where it is, but you can’t make the jackasses drink the water.

            Y’all have fun sharpening your mechanical pencils.