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Mechanism

Mechanism Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Mechanism? [n] technical aspects of doing something; "mechanisms of communication"; "the mechanics of prose style" [n] device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function [n] the doctrine that all phenomena can be explained in terms of physical or biological causes [n] a natural object resembling a machine in structure and function; "the mechanism of the ear" [n] the atomic process that occurs during a chemical reaction; "he determined unique mechanisms for the photochemical reactions" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Mechanism: chemical mechanism \| mechanics Related Terms \| Find terms related to Mechanism: action \| agency \| agent \| ancilla \| animalism \| apparatus \| appliance \| approach \| arrangement \| art \| atomism \| automatic switch \| behaviorism \| channel selector \| Charlie McCarthy \| check valve \| clockworks \| commonsense realism \| contour follower \| contrivance \| control valve \| convenience \| craft \| creature \| device \| dialectical materialism \| drive \| drive train \| dummy \| dupe \| earthliness \| electronic control \| emergency control \| empiricism \| engine \| enginery \| epiphenomenalism \| expedient \| facility \| finder switch \| fixture \| flowmanostat \| gear \| go-between \| going between \| handmaid \| handmaiden \| historical materialism \| hylomorphism \| hylotheism \| hylozoism \| implement \| innards \| instrument \| instrumentality \| interagent \| intermediary \| intermediate \| intermediation \| intermedium \| internal selector \| lever \| machine \| machinery \| Marxism \| materialism \| means \| mechanical aid \| mechanical device \| mechanics \| mediation \| mediator \| medium \| method \| midwife \| minion \| monism \| motion \| motive power \| motor \| movement \| movements \| natural realism \| naturalism \| new realism \| organ \| organization \| pawn \| physicalism \| physicism \| plaything \| positive philosophy \| positivism \| power plant \| power source \| power train \| pragmaticism \| pragmatism \| procedure \| process \| puppet \| realism \| recourse \| rectifier \| register regulator \| representative realism \| resort \| safety control \| safety fuse \| safety stop \| safety switch \| safety valve \| science \| secularism \| selector switch \| sequence switch \| servant \| service \| servo valve \| servomechanism \| skill \| slave \| stooge \| structure \| substantialism \| system \| technic \| technical know-how \| technical knowledge \| technical skill \| technics \| technique \| technology \| temporality \| thermoswitch \| timer \| tool \| toy \| utility \| vehicle \| voltage regulator \| voltage stabilizer \| watchworks \| way \| wheels \| wheels within wheels \| workings \| works \| worldliness See Also \| action \| action mechanism \| actuator \| automaton \| axis \| axis of rotation \| barrier \| biochemical mechanism \| biological clock \| carriage \| carrying into action \| carrying out \| cartridge ejector \| cartridge extractor \| cartridge remover \| chemical action \| chemical change \| chemical process \| clockwork \| control \| controller \| cooling \| cooling system \| delayed action \| device \| drive \| drive line \| drive line system \| ejector \| execution \| extractor \| film advance \| gear \| gear mechanism \| golem \| homing device \| hydraulic system \| ignition \| ignition system \| lock \| mechanical device \| natural object \| performance \| philosophical doctrine \| philosophical theory \| radiator \| robot \| rotating mechanism \| steering linkage \| steering mechanism \| steering system \| tape drive \| tape transport \| transport \| whirler \| workings \| works Mechanism In Webster's Dictionary \Mech"an*ism\, n. [Cf. F. m['e]canisme, L. mechanisma. See {Mechanic}.] 1. 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. 2. Mechanical operation or action. He acknowledges nothing besides matter and motion; so that all must be performed either by mechanism or accident. --Bentley. 3. (Kinematics) An ideal machine; a combination of movable bodies constituting a machine, but considered only with regard to relative movements.

Mechanism Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Mechanism?

[n] technical aspects of doing something; "mechanisms of communication"; "the mechanics of prose style"
[n] device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function
[n] the doctrine that all phenomena can be explained in terms of physical or biological causes
[n] a natural object resembling a machine in structure and function; "the mechanism of the ear"
[n] the atomic process that occurs during a chemical reaction; "he determined unique mechanisms for the photochemical reactions"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Mechanism: chemical mechanism | mechanics

Mechanism In Webster's Dictionary

\Mech"an*ism\, n. [Cf. F. m['e]canisme, L. mechanisma.
See {Mechanic}.]
1. 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.

2. Mechanical operation or action.

         He acknowledges nothing besides matter and motion;
         so that all must be performed either by mechanism or
         accident.                             --Bentley.

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

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