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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024mech•an•ism /ˈmɛkəˌnɪzəm/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Mechanical Engineeringan assembly of moving parts performing a function:The alarm mechanism is jammed.
- the way or means by which an effect is produced:the language learning mechanism in the human brain.
- a procedure within an organization:What is the mechanism for adjusting the bylaws?
- Psychiatrya manner of behaving that helps one deal with the environment:His amnesia was a defense mechanism.
See -mech-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mech•an•ism (mek′ə niz′əm),USA pronunciation n. - Mechanical Engineeringan assembly of moving parts performing a complete functional motion, often being part of a large machine;
linkage. - the agency or means by which an effect is produced or a purpose is accomplished.
- Mechanical Engineeringmachinery or mechanical appliances in general.
- Mechanical Engineeringthe structure or arrangement of parts of a machine or similar device, or of anything analogous.
- Mechanical Engineeringthe mechanical part of something;
any mechanical device:the mechanism of a clock. - routine methods or procedures;
mechanics:the mechanism of government. - mechanical execution, as in painting or music;
technique. - Philosophythe theory that everything in the universe is produced by matter in motion;
materialism. Cf. dynamism (def. 1), vitalism (def. 1). - Philosophy
- the view that all natural processes are explicable in terms of Newtonian mechanics.
- the view that all biological processes may be described in physicochemical terms.
- Psychiatrythe habitual operation and interaction of psychological forces within an individual that assist in interpreting or dealing with the physical or psychological environment.
- Greek mēchan(é̄) machine + Neo-Latin -ismus, Late Latin -isma -ism
- Neo-Latin mēchanismus; Late Latin mēchanisma a contrivance
- 1655–65
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