Definitions for mechanism
mechanism
mech·an·ism
Spelling: [mek-uh-niz-uh m]
IPA: /ˈmɛk əˌnɪz əm/
Mechanism is a 9 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 18 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.
You can make 463 anagrams from letters in mechanism (acehimmns).
Definitions for mechanism
noun
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an assembly of moving parts performing a complete functional motion, often being part of a large machine; linkage.
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the agency or means by which an effect is produced or a purpose is accomplished.
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machinery or mechanical appliances in general.
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the structure or arrangement of parts of a machine or similar device, or of anything analogous.
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the mechanical part of something; any mechanical device:
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routine methods or procedures; mechanics:
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mechanical execution, as in painting or music; technique.
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the theory that everything in the universe is produced by matter in motion; materialism.
Compare dynamism (def 1), vitalism (def 1).
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Philosophy.
the view that all natural processes are explicable in terms of Newtonian mechanics.
the view that all biological processes may be described in physicochemical terms.
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Psychoanalysis. the habitual operation and interaction of psychological forces within an individual that assist in interpreting or dealing with the physical or psychological environment.
Origin of mechanism
1655-65; New Latin mēchanismus; Late Latin mēchanisma a contrivance Greek mēchan(ḗ) machine + New Latin -ismus, Late Latin -isma -ism
Examples for mechanism
I mean, I recognize the mechanism; I know what it is as opposed to everything else.
He taught us to believe there is a God from the mechanism of the world.
It is also used as a mechanism of revenge after a couple parts ways.
Franck has not, as they say, spelled out a mechanism by which this could happen.
Before he went, he explained the mechanism of the Vagabond thoroughly to his friends.
Madison is at odds with Alexander Hamilton and puts in place the mechanism for an opposition political party.
It is in his attempt to explain the mechanism that we believe Weissman fails.
I could not operate the mechanism of invisibility of De Boer's X-flyer.
The “tapping” mechanism is similar, like tapping someone on the shoulder via the Internet.
But the mechanism controlling the asteroid's invisibility was not destroyed.