noun🔗Share(within a machine or machinery) Any mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion, or the transmission or control of power."The bicycle's gears are a complex mechanism that converts the rider's pedaling motion into forward movement. "machinetechnologytechnicalphysicsenergypartsystemdevicefunctionessentialieltsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAny combination of cams, gears, links, belts, chains and logical mechanical elements."The intricate mechanism of the grandfather clock allowed the family to keep track of time precisely. "technicalmachinesystemdevicepartstructurefunctiontechnologyessentialieltsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA group of entities, such as objects, that interact together."political machine"systemtechnologymachinetechnicalfunctionpartstructuredeviceessentialieltsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA mental, physical or chemical process."The mechanism of the clock's ticking is a complex series of gears. "processphysiologymedicinechemistrybiologybiochemistrymindsystemfunctionscienceessentialieltsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAny process of, or system designed to manage useful energy conversion."The mechanism in the school's new solar panels converts sunlight into usable electricity. "energytechnologyphysicssystemmachinedevicetechnicalprocessfunctionscienceessentialieltsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe theory that all natural phenomena can be explained by physical causes."The mechanism of how plants grow taller is explained by the physical process of absorbing nutrients from the soil. "theoryphilosophysciencephysicsnatureessentialieltsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading