| Definition/Meaning | Word/Phrase |
|---|
| tool or machine used for wearing down or smoothing or polishing |
abradant
,
abrader
|
| all the data (ledgers and journals and spreadsheets) that support a financial statement; can be hard copy or machine readable |
accounting data
|
| machine that adds numbers |
adder
|
| washing machine central tube |
agitator
|
| English mathematician who conceived of the Turing machine and broke German codes during World War II (1912-1954) |
Alan Mathison Turing
,
Alan Turing
,
Turing
|
| pivoted part of electric machine |
armature
|
| military combat vehicle on wheels with light armor (and usually a machine gun) |
armored car
,
armoured car
|
| enlisted man responsible for the upkeep of small arms and machine guns etc. |
armorer
,
armourer
,
artificer
|
| machine that uses dialysis to remove impurities and waste products from the bloodstream before returning the blood to the patient's body |
artificial kidney
,
hemodialyzer
|
| group of machine parts that fit together to form a self-contained unit |
assembly
|
| unattended machine (outside some banks) that dispenses money when a personal coded card is used |
ATM
,
automated teller
,
automated teller machine
,
automatic teller
,
automatic teller machine
,
cash dispenser
,
cash machine
|
| vending machine from which you can get food |
automat
|
| light machine gun |
automatic
,
automatic rifle
,
machine rifle
|
| self-operated machine |
automaton
|
| machine for putting objects or substances into bags |
bagger
|
| wheel that regulates the rate of movement in a machine; especially a wheel oscillating against the hairspring of a timepiece to regulate its beat |
balance
,
balance wheel
|
| farm machine |
baler
,
planter
,
plow
,
seeder
|
| series of lines and bars on an object that identifies it on a machine |
bar code
|
| action or reaction of something (as a machine or substance) under specified circumstances |
behavior
,
behaviour
|
| weight lifting machine for pressing up a weight while lying down |
bench press
|
