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MECHANICAL DRAWING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The craft of drawing blueprints
Synonyms:
drafting; mechanical drawing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("mechanical drawing" is a kind of...):
craft; trade (the skilled practice of a practical occupation)
Sense 2
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)
