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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 mechanisms
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Cancers occur when the mechanisms that control normal cell division are mutated.
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The insight is knowing what mechanisms lead you from efficiency to inefficiency.
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The study is part of a journal issue focused on resistance mechanisms in cancer.
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The scientists also considered six other basic mechanisms behind fungal disease.
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In a nutshell, rely on market mechanisms by auctioning off prospecting licences.
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The works incorporated mechanisms to stop silt entering and blocking the drains.
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The authors of the study discuss the potential mechanisms behind their findings.
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Second, two physicists have just proposed a way to test its possible mechanisms.
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Solecki said Siah and Pard3A might provide insight into the mechanisms involved.
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- 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. ...
