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A complex machine or instrument.
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A piece of soft steel or iron that connects the poles of a magnet, to preserve its strength by forming a circuit.
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A device used to verify the mechanical laws of motion with constant acceleration, consisting of two objects of known masses connected by a string over a pulley.
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(mechanical) Part of an electrical conductor or other electrical device, such as a cable clamp or adapter, that is threaded onto the rear connector accessory threads of plug or receptacle connectors to make up the total connector assembly.
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An area that an active bomb is contained in, normally sealed off by the authorities.
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(physics) An apparent perpetual motion machine, the subject of a thought experiment, that would consist of a tiny paddle wheel and a ratchet, and might seem to be able to extract useful work from random fluctuations (heat) in a system at thermal equilibrium, in violation of the second law of thermodynamics.
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A man employed to manufacture or install cabling.
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(physics) Any combination of simple machines working together
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(military) The central fissile portion of a fission weapon.
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That which is draughted or drawn; a draught.
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An ornamental design made by a rose engine, for example on the back of a watch.
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A standalone machine that combines an electrical generator with an engine.
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A mechanism found in devices such as a typewriter or printer which controls lateral motion of the carriage.
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Synonym of Newton's cradle.
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To put coins into a parking meter or gas meter.
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A machine part receiving motion from another.
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A conical, grooved pulley in early clocks, antique watches, and possibly all non-electronic marine chronometers.
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A device connected to the crankshaft of an engine to reduce torsional vibration and to serve as a pulley for drive belts.
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(printing, historical) A receptacle where cast metal sorts were thrown after printing.
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A service station for hydrogen vehicles.
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(kinematics) Any one of the several elementary pieces of a mechanism, such as the fixed frame, or a rod, wheel, mass of confined liquid, etc., by which relative motion of other parts is produced and constrained.
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(law) Abbreviation of machine. [A device that directs and controls energy, often in the form of movement or electricity, to produce a certain effect.]
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Of, or pertaining to machines.
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A device that directs and controls energy, often in the form of movement or electricity, to produce a certain effect.
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The collective parts of something which allow it to function.
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Of or relating to machines.
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A device which can be used to move, arrange or operate something.
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Simplified or sensational spelling of machine.
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A small folded sheet of cardboard containing rows of cardboard matches, generally with a striker on the outside.
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(archaic) A machine that performs a job typically accomplished using an animal or manual labor.
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The design and construction of machines.
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(within a machine or machinery) Any mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion, or the transmission or control of power.
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Pronunciation spelling of machine. [A device that directs and controls energy, often in the form of movement or electricity, to produce a certain effect.]
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The moving parts of a mechanical device.
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A bit whose channel is straight instead of twisted.
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The portion of a vehicle devoted to providing energy for motion; the engine or motor.
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A power station; the building housing a power station
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A machine, such as a water wheel or steam engine, that receives and modifies energy as supplied by some natural source or fuel and transforms it into mechanical work
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An electromechanical device that converts the angular position or motion of a shaft or axle into an analog or digital code.
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Synonym of Rube Goldberg machine
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(US) A comical, overcomplicated machine which performs a simple task.
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Alternative spelling of servomechanism [A mechanical device for controlling large amounts of power by means of smaller amounts of power and correcting the performance of the device using feedback]
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(mechanical engineering) A mechanical device designed to smooth out or damp any sudden shock impulse and dissipate kinetic energy; usually consists of a combination of a spring and a dashpot.
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see simple, machine.
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(Internet) A domain name server that has been configured to hand out non-routeable addresses for all domains, so that every computer that uses it will fail to get access to the real website.
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The stationary part of a motor or other machine.
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A machine forming part of a larger machine.
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(photography, historical) A device for adjusting the plate-holder of a camera to any desired angle.
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Synonym of Tipler cylinder
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Synonym of Tipler cylinder
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A magnetic device that generates torque.
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(of a transmission in ships and locomotives) That uses electric generators to convert the mechanical energy of a turbine into electric energy and electric motors to convert it back into mechanical energy to power the driveshafts.
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To route electricity distribution cables underground.
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Any machine used in place of a paper ballot. In the model used in the US the voters mark their choice by switching levers and then pulling the master switch to reset the machine and place their vote.
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Any outlet or recess in a wall.
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Something that operates capably through the effective coordination of many parts.
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The internal mechanism of some device or system.
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