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noun
- 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
- A group of objects or parts that interact together. (Political machine)
- A mental, physical or chemical process.
- (philosophy) A theory that all natural phenomena can be explained by physical causes.
Translations: - French: mechanismus
- German: Mechanismus(de)m
Etymology: From mechanismus < Greek mekhane, "machine"
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