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Mechanism

Mechanism Meaning & Definition
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.

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