MECHANISM

• (noun) the technical aspects of doing something

  "a mechanism of social control", "mechanisms of communication", "the mechanics of prose style"

  synonyms : mechanics

• (noun) device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function

• (noun) (philosophy) the philosophical theory that all phenomena can be explained in terms of physical or biological causes

• (noun) a natural object resembling a machine in structure or function

  "the mechanism of the ear", "the mechanism of infection"

• (noun) the atomic process that occurs during a chemical reaction

  "he determined unique mechanisms for the photochemical reactions"

  synonyms : chemical mechanism

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