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mechanism::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | chemical mechanism |
| Type of | chemical action, chemical change, chemical process |
| Has types | biochemical mechanism |
he determined unique mechanisms for the photochemical reactions.
mechanism::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | mechanics |
| Type of | execution, carrying into action, performance, carrying out |
a mechanism of social control.
mechanisms of communication.
mechanism::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | natural object |
| Has types | transmission mechanism, biological clock, barrier |
| Derivation | mechanistic |
the mechanism of the ear.
the mechanism of infection.
mechanism::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | device |
| Has types | axis of rotation, carriage, cartridge ejector, cartridge extractor, cartridge remover, works, action mechanism, actuator, automaton, axis, robot, rotating mechanism, steering linkage, steering mechanism, steering system, tape drive, tape transport, transport, whirler, workings, action, clockwork, control, controller, cooling, cooling system, delayed action, drive, drive line, drive line system, ejector, extractor, fail-safe, film advance, gear, gear mechanism, golem, homing device, hydraulic system, ignition, ignition system, lock, mechanical device, radiator |
| Derivation | mechanical |
mechanism::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | philosophical theory, philosophical doctrine |
| Derivation | mechanist, mechanistic |
Examples of mechanism
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This failure results from a poor understanding of the mechanism of TB tolerance.
From the sciencedaily.com
Mr Barroso called for an emergency strengthening of Europe's bail-out mechanism.
From the telegraph.co.uk
The mechanism underlying this differentiation process, however, remains unknown.
From the sciencedaily.com
Certainly not by the mechanism of increased atmospheric carbon entering the sea.
From the newscientist.com
By and large, their capacity will be inadequate long before the mechanism fails.
From the economist.com
Estonia's currency is already pegged to the euro via a currency board mechanism.
From the economist.com
It was also found that social comparison is an automated, unconscious mechanism.
From the guardian.co.uk
Mice that produced no osteocalcin lacked this hormonal weight-control mechanism.
From the economist.com
Overall, the funding mechanism provides less than a third of all school funding.
From the ocregister.com
- The atomic process that occurs during a chemical reaction; "he determined unique mechanisms for the photochemical reactions"
- The technical aspects of doing something; "a mechanism of social control"; "mechanisms of communication"; "the mechanics of prose style"
- A natural object resembling a machine in structure or function; "the mechanism of the ear"; "the mechanism of infection"
- (philosophy) the philosophical theory that all phenomena can be explained in terms of physical or biological causes
- Device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function
- Mechanism is a death metal band from Canada (Vancouver, British Columbia). Their debut album is called Inspired horrorific and combines death metal with progressive.
- In biology, a mechanism is part of an answer to a question about why some object or process occurred. Thus mechanism refers back from the object or process, along some chain of causation. No description of mechanism is ever complete. ...
- A mechanism is a combination of resistant bodies, so interconnected that by applying force or motion to one or more of those bodies, some of those bodies are caused to perform desired work accompanied by desired motions.
- In horology, a movement is the internal mechanism of a clock or watch, as opposed to the case, which encloses and protects the movement, and the face which displays the time. The term originated with mechanical timepieces, whose movements are made of many moving parts. ...
