zoomechanical, adj.

zoomechanical
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Revised 2017

# † zoomechanicaladjective

## Factsheet

### What does the adjective zoomechanical mean?

There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective zoomechanical. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

This word is now obsolete. It is only recorded in the 1890s.

### Where does the adjective zoomechanical come from?

Earliest known use

1890s

The only known use of the adjective zoomechanical is in the 1890s.

OED's only evidence for zoomechanical is from 1897, in Natural Science.

### Nearby entries

1. zoom, v.¹ 1886–
2. Zoom, v.² 2014–
3. zoom, int. 1856–
4. zoomable, adj. 1972–
5. zoomagnetism, n. 1824–
6. zooman, n. 1871–
7. zoomancy, n. 1888–
8. zoomania, n. 1807–
9. zoomantist, n. 1861
10. Zoomar, n. 1946–
11. zoomechanical, adj.1897
12. zoomechanics, n. 1888–1903
13. zoomelanin, n. 1858–
14. zoometric, adj. 1892–
15. zoometry, n. 1878–
16. zooming, n. 1892–
17. zooming, adj. 1904–
18. zoom lens, n. 1932–
19. zoomorph, n. 1883–
20. zoomorphic, adj. 1849–
21. zoomorphism, n. 1822–

## Meaning & use

Obsolete rare.

1. 1897
   Of or relating to zoomechanics.
   1. 1897

      > Roux claims that zoomechanical methods are of primary importance.

      Natural Science June 412
   animals
   1. zoochemical 1844–
      a. adj. Of or relating to zoochemistry (now rare); b. n.any of various types of biologically active compound found in animals or their products…
   2. palaeozoological 1866–
      Of or relating to palaeozoology.
   3. zoophysical 1868–
      †a. Of or relating to a life force or vital force; of or relating to animal magnetism (obsolete); b. of or relating to zoophysics (now rare).
   4. zoogeographic 1875–
      Of or relating to zoogeography; = zoogeographical, adj.
   5. ethological 1880–
      Zoology. Of or relating to the science of ethology (ethology, n. 4).
   6. faunological 1884–
      Of or pertaining to faunology.
   7. marine zoological 1885–
      Of or relating to marine zoology.
   8. zoometric 1892–
      Of or relating to zoometry.
   9. neontological 1896–
      Of or relating to neontology.
   10. zoomechanical 1897
       Of or relating to zoomechanics.
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Originally published as part of the entry for zoo-, comb. form

zoo-, comb. form was revised in June 2017.