any complex agency or operating system: the machine of government.
8.
an organized group of persons that conducts or controls the activities of a political party or organization: He heads the Democratic machine in our city.
9.
a person or thing that acts in a mechanical or automatic manner: Routine work had turned her into a machine.
10.
any of various contrivances, esp. those formerly used in theater, for producing stage effects
11.
some agency, personage, incident or other feature introduced for effect into a literary composition.
–verb (used with object)
12.
to make, prepare, or finish with a machine or with machine tools.
[Origin: 1540–50; < F < L māchina < Doric Gk māchan pulley, akin to mâchos contrivance; cf. mechanic]
A device consisting of fixed and moving parts that modifies mechanical energy and transmits it in a more useful form.
A simple device, such as a lever, a pulley, or an inclined plane, that alters the magnitude or direction, or both, of an applied force; a simple machine.
A device used to produce a stage effect, especially a mechanical means of lowering an actor onto the stage.
A literary device used to produce an effect, especially the introduction of a supernatural being to resolve a plot.
A system or device for doing work, as an automobile or a jackhammer, together with its power source and auxiliary equipment.
A system or device, such as a computer, that performs or assists in the performance of a human task: The machine is down.
An intricate natural system or organism, such as the human body.
A person who acts in a rigid, mechanical, or unconscious manner.
An organized group of people whose members are or appear to be under the control of one or more leaders: a political machine.
A device used to produce a stage effect, especially a mechanical means of lowering an actor onto the stage.
A literary device used to produce an effect, especially the introduction of a supernatural being to resolve a plot.
An answering machine: Leave a message on my machine if I'm not home.
adj.
Of, relating to, or felt to resemble a machine: machine repairs; machine politics.
v.
ma·chined, ma·chin·ing, ma·chines
v.
tr.
To cut, shape, or finish by machine.
v.
intr.
To be cut, shaped, or finished by machine: This metal machines easily.
[French, from Old French, from Latin māchina, from Greek mākhanā, dialectal variant of mēkhanē; see magh- in Indo-European roots.]
1549, "structure of any kind," from M.Fr. machine "device, contrivance," from L. machina "machine, engine, fabric, frame, device, trick" (cf. Sp. maquina, It. macchina), from Gk. makhana, Doric variant of mekhane "device, means," related to mekhos "means, expedient, contrivance," from PIE *maghana- "that which enables," from base *magh- "to be able, have power" (cf. O.C.S. mogo "be able," O.E. mæg "I can;" see might). Main modern sense of "device made of moving parts for applying mechanical power" (1673) probably grew out of 17c. senses of "apparatus, appliance" (1650) and "military siege-tower" (1656). In late 19c. slang the word was used for both "penis" and "vagina," one of the very few to be so honored. Political sense is U.S. slang, first recorded 1876. Machinery (1687) was originally theatrical, "devices for creating stage effects;" meaning "machines collectively" is attested from 1731. Machine Age (1922) was coined by Lewis Mumford. Machine-gun is first attested 1870; the verb is from 1915. Machine for living (in) "house" translates Le Corbusier's machine à habiter (1923).
a working arrangement of wheels, levers or other parts, driven eg by human power, electricity etc, or operating electronically, producing power and/or motion for a particular purpose Example: a sewing-machine
Arabic:
ماكينَه، آله
Chinese (Simplified):
机械
Chinese (Traditional):
机械
Czech:
stroj
Danish:
maskine; -maskine
Dutch:
machine
Estonian:
masin
Finnish:
kone
French:
machine
German:
die Maschine
Greek:
μηχανή, μηχάνημα
Hungarian:
gép
Icelandic:
vél, tæki
Indonesian:
mesin
Italian:
macchina
Japanese:
機械
Korean:
기계
Latvian:
mehānisms; aparāts
Lithuanian:
mašina, aparatas
Norwegian:
maskin
Polish:
maszyna
Portuguese (Brazil):
máquina
Portuguese (Portugal):
máquina
Romanian:
maşină
Russian:
механизм; машин(к)а
Slovak:
stroj
Slovenian:
stroj
Spanish:
máquina
Swedish:
maskin
Turkish:
makine
machine2[məˈʃiːn]noun
a vehicle, especially a motorbike Example: That's a fine machine you have!
Arabic:
آلة سَيْر، دَرّاجَه ناريَّه
Chinese (Simplified):
摩托车
Chinese (Traditional):
摩托車
Czech:
stroj, mašina
Danish:
motorcykel
Dutch:
machine
Estonian:
masin
Finnish:
kulkuneuvo
French:
machine
German:
die Maschine
Greek:
μηχανή, μοτοσικλέτα
Hungarian:
gép
Icelandic:
farartæki
Indonesian:
kendaraan
Italian:
macchina
Japanese:
バイク
Korean:
오토바이
Latvian:
automobilis; motocikls
Lithuanian:
(auto)mašina, motociklas
Norwegian:
kjøretøy, motorsykkel
Polish:
maszyna
Portuguese (Brazil):
máquina
Portuguese (Portugal):
máquina
Romanian:
maşină; motocicletă
Russian:
транспортное средство
Slovak:
stroj
Slovenian:
motor
Spanish:
máquina
Swedish:
maskin
Turkish:
araç; motorsiklet
machine1[məˈʃiːn]verb
to shape, make or finish with a power-driven tool Example: The articles are machined to a smooth finish.
Arabic:
يَصَنِّع آليّاً
Chinese (Simplified):
用机械加工,用车床加工
Chinese (Traditional):
用机械加工,用車床加工
Czech:
obrábět
Danish:
maskinfremstille; maskinforarbejde
Dutch:
machinaal bewerken
Estonian:
töötlema
Finnish:
työstää
French:
usiner
German:
maschinell bearbeiten
Greek:
επεξεργάζομαι μηχανικά
Hungarian:
gépen megmunkál
Icelandic:
vinna í vél
Indonesian:
membentuk
Italian:
fare, *eseguire a macchina*
Japanese:
機械で作る
Korean:
기계로 만들다
Latvian:
apstrādāt ar mehānismu
Lithuanian:
(pa)gaminti, apdirbti mašina
Norwegian:
framstille, bearbeide
Polish:
obrabiać maszynowo
Portuguese (Brazil):
fazer à máquina
Portuguese (Portugal):
fazer à máquina
Romanian:
a prelucra
Russian:
обрабатывать на станке
Slovak:
obrábať, opracovať
Slovenian:
strojno izdelati
Spanish:
trabajar a máquina
Swedish:
tillverka (bearbeta) med maskin
Turkish:
makineyle düzeltmek, *yapmak
machine2[məˈʃiːn]verb
to sew with a sewing-machine Example: You should machine the seams.
machineAudio Help (mə-shēn') Pronunciation Key
A device that applies force, changes the direction of a force, or changes the strength of a force, in order to perform a task, generally involving work done on a load. Machines are often designed to yield a high mechanical advantage to reduce the effort needed to do that work. ◇ A simple machine is a wheel, a lever, or an inclined plane. All other machines can be built using combinations of these simple machines; for example, a drill uses a combination of gears (wheels) to drive helical inclined planes (the drill-bit) to split a material and carve a hole in it.
machine Common term for "computer", usually when considered at the hardware level. The Turing Machine, an early example of this usage, was however neither hardware nor software, but only an idea. [Earlier use?] (1995-02-15)
E*lec"tric\, Electrical \E*lec"tric*al\, a. [L. electrum amber, a mixed metal, Gr. ?; akin to ? the beaming sun, cf. Skr. arc to beam, shine: cf. F. ['e]lectrique. The name came from the production of electricity by the friction of amber.]1. Pertaining to electricity; consisting of, containing, derived from, or produced by, electricity; as, electric power or virtue; an electric jar; electric effects; an electric spark. 2. Capable of occasioning the phenomena of electricity; as, an electric or electrical machine or substance. 3. Electrifying; thrilling; magnetic. "Electric Pindar." --Mrs. Browning. Electric atmosphere, or Electric aura. See under Aura. Electrical battery. See Battery. Electrical brush. See under Brush. Electric cable. See Telegraph cable, under Telegraph. Electric candle. See under Candle. Electric cat (Zo["o]l.), one of three or more large species of African catfish of the genus Malapterurus (esp. M. electricus of the Nile). They have a large electrical organ and are able to give powerful shocks; -- called also sheathfish. Electric clock. See under Clock, and see Electro-chronograph. Electric current, a current or stream of electricity traversing a closed circuit formed of conducting substances, or passing by means of conductors from one body to another which is in a different electrical state. Electric, or Electrical, eel (Zo["o]l.), a South American eel-like fresh-water fish of the genus Gymnotus (G. electricus), from two to five feet in length, capable of giving a violent electric shock. See Gymnotus. Electrical fish (Zo["o]l.), any fish which has an electrical organ by means of which it can give an electrical shock. The best known kinds are the torpedo, the gymnotus, or electrical eel, and the electric cat. See Torpedo, and Gymnotus. Electric fluid, the supposed matter of electricity; lightning. Electrical image (Elec.), a collection of electrical points regarded as forming, by an analogy with optical phenomena, an image of certain other electrical points, and used in the solution of electrical problems. --Sir W. Thomson. Electrical light, the light produced by a current of electricity which in passing through a resisting medium heats it to incandescence or burns it. See under Carbon. Electric, or Electrical, machine, an apparatus for generating, collecting, or exciting, electricity, as by friction. Electric motor. See Electro-motor, 2. Electric osmose. (Physics) See under Osmose. Electric pen, a hand pen for making perforated stencils for multiplying writings. It has a puncturing needle driven at great speed by a very small magneto-electric engine on the penhandle. Electric railway, a railway in which the machinery for moving the cars is driven by an electric current. Electric ray (Zo["o]l.), the torpedo. Electric telegraph. See Telegraph.
Mach"i*nate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Machinated; p. pr. & vb. n. Machinating.] [L. machinatus, p. p. of machinari to devise, plot. See Machine.] To plan; to contrive; esp., to form a scheme with the purpose of doing harm; to contrive artfully; to plot. "How long will you machinate!" --Sandys.
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Audio Help [muh-sheen] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, -chined, -chin·ing. 
pulley, akin to mâchos contrivance; cf. mechanic
