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Webster 1913 Edition
Mechanism
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.3.
Mechanical operation or action.
He acknowledges nothing besides matter and motion; so that all must be performed either by
mechanism
or accident. Bentley.
4.
(Kinematics)
An ideal machine; a combination of movable bodies constituting a machine, but considered only with regard to relative movements.
Webster 1828 Edition
Mechanism
MECH'ANISM
,Noun.
1.
Action of a machine, according to the laws of mechanics.Definition 2024
mechanism
mechanism
English
Noun
mechanism (plural mechanisms)
- (within a machine or machinery) any mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion, or the transmission or control of power.
- Any combination of cams, gears, links, belts, chains and logical mechanical elements.
- 2012 March 1, Henry Petroski, “Opening Doors”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 112-3:
- A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning takes place.
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- A group of objects or parts that interact together. (as in Political machine)
- A mental, physical, or chemical process.
- (philosophy) A theory that all natural phenomena can be explained by physical causes.
Derived terms
Translations
mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion
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mental, chemical, or physical process