ALL meanings of mechanism
mech·an·ism
M m - abbreviation MECHANISM machinery 1
- noun mechanism procedures 1
- noun mechanism an assembly of moving parts performing a complete functional motion, often being part of a large machine; linkage. 1
- noun mechanism the agency or means by which an effect is produced or a purpose is accomplished. 1
- noun mechanism machinery or mechanical appliances in general. 1
- noun mechanism the structure or arrangement of parts of a machine or similar device, or of anything analogous. 1
- noun mechanism the mechanical part of something; any mechanical device: the mechanism of a clock. 1
- noun mechanism routine methods or procedures; mechanics: the mechanism of government. 1
- noun mechanism mechanical execution, as in painting or music; technique. 1
- noun mechanism the theory that everything in the universe is produced by matter in motion; materialism. Compare dynamism (def 1), vitalism (def 1). 1
- noun mechanism 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. 1
- noun mechanism Psychoanalysis. the habitual operation and interaction of psychological forces within an individual that assist in interpreting or dealing with the physical or psychological environment. 1
- noun mechanism A system of parts working together in a machine; a piece of machinery. 1
- noun mechanism strict determinism 0
- noun mechanism the ways in which psychological forces interact and operate 0
- noun mechanism a structure having an influence on the behaviour of a person, such as a defence mechanism 0
- noun mechanism the working parts or arrangement of parts of a machine; works 0
- noun mechanism a system whose parts work together like those of a machine 0
- noun mechanism any system or means for doing something; esp., a physical or mental process or processes, whether conscious or unconscious, by which some result is produced; machinery 0
- noun mechanism the mechanical aspect; technical part 0
- noun mechanism the theory or doctrine that all the phenomena of the universe, particularly life, can ultimately be explained in terms of matter moving in accordance with the laws of nature 0
- noun mechanism A mechanism is a system or structure of moving parts that performs a particular function, especially in a machine. 0
- countable noun mechanism In a machine or piece of equipment, a mechanism is a part, often consisting of a set of smaller parts, which performs a particular function. 0
- countable noun mechanism A mechanism is a special way of getting something done within a particular system. 0
- countable noun mechanism A mechanism is a part of your behaviour that is automatic and that helps you to survive or to cope with a difficult situation. 0
- noun mechanism a system or structure of moving parts that performs some function, esp in a machine 0
- noun mechanism something resembling a machine in the arrangement and working of its parts 0
- noun mechanism any form of mechanical device or any part of such a device 0
- noun mechanism a process or technique, esp of execution 0
- noun mechanism the doctrine that human action can be explained in purely physical terms, whether mechanical or biological 0
- noun mechanism the explanation of phenomena in causal rather than teleological or essentialist terms 0
- noun mechanism the view that the task of science is to seek such explanations 0