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ma·chin·er·y
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məˈʃi
nə
ri
/
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uh
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shee
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noun,
plural
ma·chin·er·ies.
1.
an assemblage of
machines
or mechanical apparatuses:
the machinery of a factory.
2.
the parts of a
machine
, collectively:
the machinery of a watch.
3.
a group of people or a system by
which
action is maintained or by which some result is obtained:
the machinery of government.
4.
a group of contrivances for producing stage effects.
5.
the group or aggregate of literary
machines
, especially those of supernatural agency
(epic machinery)
in an epic poem.
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Origin:
1680–90;
machine
+
-ery
Related forms
an·ti·ma·chin·er·y,
adjective
Synonyms
3.
organization, structure, setup.
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machinery
(məˈʃiːnərɪ)
—
n
,
pl
-eries
1.
machines, machine parts, or machine systems collectively
2.
a particular machine system or set of machines
3.
a system similar to a machine:
the machinery of government
4.
literary devices used for effect in epic poetry
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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Word Origin & History
machinery
1680s; from
machine
+
-ery
. Originally theatrical, "devices for creating stage effects;" meaning "machines collectively" is attested from 1731.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
Entrepreneurs will see little reason to invest in extra plant and
machinery
when so much existing capacity lies idle.
To be drinkable, well water is purified through
machinery
run by electricity.
Boring deep holes requires geological know-how and expensive heavy
machinery
.
The factory only had a dozen or so toilets and used no water in the
machinery
.
Other advances may allow the
machinery
to respond still more intelligently to its wearer's needs.
The list is packed with railroads, steelmakers, producers of heavy
machinery
and makers of technical instruments.
But the idea of making microscopic
machinery
has inspired several generations of engineers.
So there's something about this whole
machinery
that the spider has that makes it into the fiber.
But the
machinery
for making proteins is located outside the nucleus.
Such a hijacker virus uses cellular
machinery
to control the process of building proteins and thereby replicates itself.
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