mechanization

English

Alternative forms

• mechanisation

Etymology

From mechanize +‎ -ation.

Noun

mechanization (countable and uncountable, plural mechanizations)

1. The use of machinery to replace human or animal labour, especially in agriculture and industry.

Derived terms

• pre-mechanization

Translations

the use of machinery to replace human or animal labour

• Arabic: مَكْنَنَة f (maknana), مَيْكَنَة f (maykana)
• Asturian: mecanización f
• Belarusian: механіза́цыя f (mjexanizácyja)
• Bulgarian: механиза́ция (bg) f (mehanizácija)
• Catalan: mecanització f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 機械化 / 机械化 (zh) (jīxièhuà)

• Czech: mechanizace (cs) f
• Danish: mekanisering c
• Finnish: koneistus (fi), koneistaminen (fi), koneellistaminen
• French: mécanisation (fr) f
• Galician: mecanización (gl) f
• German: Mechanisierung (de) f
• Greek: εκμηχάνιση (el) f (ekmichánisi)
• Hindi: मशीनीकरण m (maśīnīkraṇ), यंत्रीकरण m (yantrīkraṇ)
• Italian: meccanizzazione (it) f
• Japanese: 機械化 (きかいか, kikaika)
• Kazakh: механикаландыру (mexanikalandyru)
• Korean: 기계화(機械化) (ko) (gigyehwa)
• Macedonian: механизација f (mehanizacija)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: mekanisering m or f

• Polish: mechanizacja f
• Portuguese: mecanização f
• Romanian: mecanizare (ro) f
• Russian: механиза́ция (ru) f (mexanizácija)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: механиза́ција f

  Roman: mehanizácija (sh) f

• Slovak: mechanizácia f
• Slovene: mehanizacija f
• Spanish: mecanización (es) f
• Swedish: mekanisering c
• Ukrainian: механіза́ція f (mexanizácija)

See also

• Industrial Revolution