Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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mechanism | Yes | No | No | No |
gear mechanism | Yes | No | No | No |
mechanism (noun) | gear mechanism (noun) |
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the technical aspects of doing something | a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle) |
device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function | |
(philosophy) the philosophical theory that all phenomena can be explained in terms of physical or biological causes | |
a natural object resembling a machine in structure or function | |
the atomic process that occurs during a chemical reaction |