What does "mechanism" mean?
Mechanism: Mechanical operation or action. He acknowledges nothing besides matter and motion; so that all must be performed either by mechanism or accident. Bentley.
Additional senses
- 2.(Kinematics) An ideal machine; a combination of movable bodies constituting a machine, but considered only with regard to relative movements.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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