mechanisms

/M EH1 K AH0 N IH0 Z AH0 M Z/

noun

1
(within a machine or machinery) Any mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion, or the transmission or control of power.
2
Any combination of cams, gears, links, belts, chains and logical mechanical elements.
3
A group of entities, such as objects, that interact together.
“political machine”
4
A mental, physical or chemical process.
5
Any process of, or system designed to manage useful energy conversion.
6
The theory that all natural phenomena can be explained by physical causes.

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