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noun
1.
an assembly of moving parts performing a complete functional motion, often being part of a large machine; linkage.
2.
the agency or means by which an effect is produced or a purpose is accomplished.
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machinery or mechanical appliances in general.
4.
the structure or arrangement of parts of a machine or similar device, or of anything analogous.
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EXPANDthe mechanical part of something; any mechanical device: the mechanism of a clock.
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routine methods or procedures; mechanics: the mechanism of government.
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mechanical execution, as in painting or music; technique.
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Philosophy.
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the view that all natural processes are explicable in terms of Newtonian mechanics.
b.
the view that all biological processes may be described in physicochemical terms.
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COLLAPSEPsychoanalysis. the habitual operation and interaction of psychological forces within an individual that assist in interpreting or dealing with the physical or psychological environment.
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