ELECTROMECHANICAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does electromechanical mean? 

• ELECTROMECHANICAL (adjective)
  The adjective ELECTROMECHANICAL has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or involving an electrically operated mechanical device

  Familiarity information: ELECTROMECHANICAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ELECTROMECHANICAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or involving an electrically operated mechanical device

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

electromechanical device (a mechanical device that is operated by electricity)

 Context examples 

The team reasoned that the earlier they introduced electromechanical stimuli, the greater the effect would be.

(Early stimulation improves performance of bioengineered human heart cells, National Institutes of Health)

A clot detection method that uses a mechanical means (electromagnetic mechanical or electromechanical) to detect the presence and/or quantify the formation of a thrombus in a specimen.

(Mechanical Clot Detection, NCI Thesaurus)

The ryanodine receptor plays a crucial part in electromechanical coupling by control of release of calcium from the sarcoplasmic reticulum into the cytosol.

(Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)