Machinery vs. Mechanism

Machinerynoun

The machines constituting a production apparatus, in a plant etc., collectively.

Machinerynoun

The working parts of a machine as a group.

Machinerynoun

The collective parts of something which allow it to function.

Machinerynoun

(figuratively) The literary devices used in a work, notably for dramatic effect

Machinerynoun

Machines, in general, or collectively.

Machinerynoun

The working parts of a machine, engine, or instrument; as, the machinery of a watch.

Machinerynoun

The supernatural means by which the action of a poetic or fictitious work is carried on and brought to a catastrophe; in an extended sense, the contrivances by which the crises and conclusion of a fictitious narrative, in prose or verse, are effected.

Machinerynoun

The means and appliances by which anything is kept in action or a desired result is obtained; a complex system of parts adapted to a purpose.

Machinerynoun

machines or machine systems collectively

Machinerynoun

a system of means and activities whereby a social institution functions;

Mechanismnoun

or machinery}} Any mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion, or the transmission or control of power.

Mechanismnoun

A group of entities, such as objects, that interact together.

Mechanismnoun

A mental, physical, or chemical process.

Mechanismnoun

(philosophy) The theory that all natural phenomena can be explained by physical causes.

Mechanismnoun

The arrangement or relation of the parts of a machine; the parts of a machine, taken collectively; the arrangement or relation of the parts of anything as adapted to produce an effect; as, the mechanism of a watch; the mechanism of a sewing machine; the mechanism of a seed pod.

Mechanismnoun

The series of causal relations that operate to produce an effect in any system; as, the mechanism of a chemical reaction.

Mechanismnoun

Mechanical operation or action.

Mechanismnoun

An ideal machine; a combination of movable bodies constituting a machine, but considered only with regard to relative movements.

Mechanismnoun

the atomic process that occurs during a chemical reaction;

Mechanismnoun

the technical aspects of doing something;

Mechanismnoun

a natural object resembling a machine in structure or function;

Mechanismnoun

(philosophy) the philosophical theory that all phenomena can be explained in terms of physical or biological causes

Mechanismnoun

device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function