1. A set of materials or equipment designed for a particular use; A group of anatomical or cytological parts functioning together; An instrument or appliance designed for a specific operation
2. The functional processes by means of which a systematized activity is carried out; as the machinery of government; the organization of a political party or an underground movement + prikaži više

ETYM Old Eng. devis, devise, will, intention, opinion, invention, from French devis architect's plan and estimates (in Old Fren., division, plan, wish), devise device, in Old Fren. also, division, wish, last will, from deviser. Related to Devise, Devise.
1. An instrumental invented for a particular purpose.
2. Any clever (deceptive) maneuver; SYN. gimmick, twist.
3. Something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect.
4. Any ornamental pattern or design (as in embroidery).
5. An emblematic design (especially in heraldry). + prikaži više

ETYM Cf. French mécanisme, Latin mechanisma. Related to Mechanic.
Belief that life is explainable by mechanical forces.
In philosophy, a system of adapted parts working together, as in a machine. Mechanists hold that all natural phenomena admit of mechanical explanation, and that no reference to teleology (purpose or design) is necessary. In political philosophy, mechanists (like English thinkers Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Jeremy Bentham, and J S Mill) see the state as more or less the sum of the individuals composing it, and not as an entity in its own right (which is organicism).
1. A piece of machinery or a mechanical device; has moving parts that perform some function.
2. Technical aspects of doing something; SYN. mechanics.
3. A natural object resembling a machine in structure and function.
4. The atomic process that occurs during a chemical reaction; SYN. chemical mechanism. + prikaži više