Mechanism: alternatives and connections

A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest; the doing of something; exertion of power or force, as when one body acts on another;…

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One who actuates, or puts into action.

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Any thing or being regarded as having the power of spontaneous motion or action.

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The spotted deer (Cervus axis or Axis maculata) of India, where it is called hog deer and parrah (Moorish name).

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A carpentry obstruction, stockade, or other obstacle made in a passage in order to stop an enemy.

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That which is carried; burden; baggage.

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The machinery of a clock, or machinery resembling that of a clock; machinery which produces regularity of movement.

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A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.

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One who, or that which, controls or restraines; one who has power or authority to regulate or control; one who governs.

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To impel or urge onward by force in a direction away from one, or along before one; to push forward; to compel to move on; to communicate motion to;…

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One who, or that which, ejects or dispossesses.

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One who, or that which, extracts

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Clothing; garments; ornaments.

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The act of igniting, kindling, or setting on fire.

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A tuft of hair; a flock or small quantity of wool, hay, or other like substance; a tress or ringlet of hair.

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That which radiates or emits rays, whether of light or heat; especially, that part of a heating apparatus from which the heat is radiated or diffused…

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To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey; as, to transport goods; to transport troops.

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One who, or that which, whirls.

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That which is devised, or formed by design; a contrivance; an invention; a project; a scheme; often, a scheme to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.

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The act of executing; a carrying into effect or to completion; performance; achievement; consummation; as, the execution of a plan, a work, etc.

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The act of performing; the carrying into execution or action; execution; achievement; accomplishment; representation by action; as, the performance o…

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Pertaining to, governed by, or in accordance with, mechanics, or the laws of motion; pertaining to the quantitative relations of force and matter, as…

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Pertaining to, governed by, or in accordance with, mechanics, or the laws of motion; pertaining to the quantitative relations of force and matter, as…

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A maker of machines; one skilled in mechanics.

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A maker of machines; one skilled in mechanics.

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That science, or branch of applied mathematics, which treats of the action of forces on bodies.

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To leap back; to rebound.

The process through which an effect occurs.