Mechanism vs. Machine

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

Machinenoun

A device that directs and controls energy, often in the form of movement or electricity, to produce a certain effect.

Machinenoun

(dated) A vehicle operated mechanically, such as an automobile or an airplane.

Machinenoun

An answering machine or, by extension, voice mail.

Machinenoun

(computing) A computer.

Machinenoun

(figuratively) A person or organisation that seemingly acts like a machine, being particularly efficient, single-minded, or unemotional.

Machinenoun

Especially, the group that controls a political or similar organization; a combination of persons acting together for a common purpose, with the agencies which they use.

Machinenoun

Supernatural agency in a poem, or a superhuman being introduced to perform some exploit.

Machinenoun

The system of special interest groups that supports a political party, especially in urban areas.

Machinenoun

Penis.

Machineverb

to make by machinery.

Machineverb

to shape or finish by machinery.

Machinenoun

In general, any combination of bodies so connected that their relative motions are constrained, and by means of which force and motion may be transmitted and modified, as a screw and its nut, or a lever arranged to turn about a fulcrum or a pulley about its pivot, etc.; especially, a construction, more or less complex, consisting of a combination of moving parts, or simple mechanical elements, as wheels, levers, cams, etc., with their supports and connecting framework, calculated to constitute a prime mover, or to receive force and motion from a prime mover or from another machine, and transmit, modify, and apply them to the production of some desired mechanical effect or work, as weaving by a loom, or the excitation of electricity by an electrical machine.

Machinenoun

Any mechanical contrivance, as the wooden horse with which the Greeks entered Troy; a coach; a bicycle.

Machinenoun

A person who acts mechanically or at the will of another.

Machinenoun

A combination of persons acting together for a common purpose, with the agencies which they use; as, the social machine.

Machinenoun

A political organization arranged and controlled by one or more leaders for selfish, private or partisan ends; the Tammany machine.

Machinenoun

Supernatural agency in a poem, or a superhuman being introduced to perform some exploit.

Machineverb

To subject to the action of machinery; to make, cut, shape, or modify with a machine; to effect by aid of machinery; to print with a printing machine.

Machinenoun

any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks

Machinenoun

an intricate organization that accomplishes its goals efficiently;

Machinenoun

an efficient person;

Machinenoun

4-wheeled motor vehicle; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine;

Machinenoun

a group that controls the activities of a political party;

Machinenoun

a device for overcoming resistance at one point by applying force at some other point

Machineverb

turn, shape, mold, or otherwise finish by machinery

Machineverb

make by machinery;

Machine

A machine is any physical system with ordered structural and functional properties. It may represent human-made or naturally occurring device molecular machine that uses power to apply forces and control movement to perform an action.