mech

1. (science fiction) A large piloted combat robot.countableuncountable

2. (science fiction) A robot.Examples: "But I reprogrammed the recognition codes, and they won't treat him as Roubor Transic, nor will they obey any order he gives them. He's Mr. X to the mechs, a casual human to be taken care of just as well as possible, but never, never released."; "He particularly liked the box full of "companions," small, hand-held mechs with advanced AI functions, programmed as individual advice and information systems."; "She grew up in Lower Manhattan, suffering the impeccably programmed attentions of the nanny mechs that did the work her mother and father couldn't be bothered with."Synonyms: robotcountableuncountable

3. (uncountable) Clipping of mechanics.abbreviationalt-ofclippinguncountable

4. (cycling) Clipping of (derailleur) mechanism.Examples: "front/rear mech"; "To fit a braze-on front mech without breaking the chain, remove the nut and bolt from the chain cage, as shown."; "Campagnolo made one more giant step forward when the company developed the first parallelogram rear mechanism—the Gran Sport—in 1951. Its parallelogram action and double jockey wheels are how all rear mechanisms (or rear mechs for short) operate today."abbreviationalt-ofclippingcountableuncountable