mechanisms in English

noun

1

a system of parts working together in a machine; a piece of machinery.

the gunner injured his arm in the turret mechanism

synonyms: machine, piece of machinery, appliance, apparatus, device, instrument, contraption, gadget, gizmo, machinery, workings, works, movement, action, gears, components, procedure, process, system, operation, method, technique, means, medium, agency, channel

2

a natural or established process by which something takes place or is brought about.

we have no mechanism for assessing the success of forwarded inquiries

3

the doctrine that all natural phenomena, including life and thought, allow mechanical explanation by physics and chemistry.

Much of this controversy stemmed from the argument of mechanism versus vitalism.

noun

machine, piece of machinery, appliance, apparatus, device, instrument, contraption, gadget, gizmo
machinery, workings, works, movement, action, gears, components
procedure, process, system, operation, method, technique, means, medium, agency, channel
mechanics

Use "mechanisms" in a sentence

1. This was reflected in mechanisms of dispersal and aestivation, and in respiratory mechanisms.

2. Mechanisms Involved in Bioleaching

3. Mechanisms of Enzymatic Bacteriolysis

4. Biotransformation, Mechanisms, and Pathways

5. Mechanisms to access information

6. The engagement's mechanisms in a differentiate construction, are replaced by consecutive alternation motion's transmission mechanisms.

7. Ensuring equal access for children to non-judicial complaints mechanisms and alternative dispute resolution mechanisms;

8. The intricate gears and mechanisms.

9. C. The Executive: accountability mechanisms

10. Principles for alternative allocation mechanisms

11. Exercising apparatus with adjustable resistance mechanisms

12. Different optimisation mechanisms (algorithms) are used.

13. Civilian personnel, coordination and accountability mechanisms

14. Which other mechanisms may be causal?

15. The evolution of Arthropodan locomotory mechanisms

16. Chronobiology investigates the underlying mechanisms of chronomes

17. Electrically, electronically and electromechanically operated interlocking mechanisms

18. Third, they should address upfront exit mechanisms.

19. Institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women

20. Presently, the mechanisms of schizogenous and secondary Aerenchyma formation are less well understood than the mechanisms of lysigenous Aerenchyma formation.

21. Power-operated clutch actuator for torque transfer mechanisms

22. Mechanisms for clarifying the fate of missing persons

23. Different memory retrieval tasks involve different cognitive mechanisms.

24. There can be many mechanisms for this effect:

25. Efficient auditing mechanisms for testing systems and activities.

26. Electric propulsion mechanisms for air and water vehicles

27. The codeposition mechanisms of composite electroplating were introduced.

28. Our ears are delicate, small, and wonderful mechanisms.

29. The two mechanisms have to work in sync.

30. Most conventions establish mechanisms to oversee their implementation.

31. Institutional mechanisms for the advancement of gender equality

32. This sub-indicator asks for formal cooperation mechanisms.

33. Ice could freeze up their torpedo release mechanisms.

34. The Mechanisms of Carcinogenesis research program investigates the mechanisms of Carcinogenesis induced by viruses, chemicals and environmental/dietary agents through basic research

35. The systematic study of Allelochemical detoxification mechanisms in different species will help reveal the differences in detoxification mechanisms between plants and microbes

36. Allostasis uses high-level brain mechanisms and blood levels of sodium, aldosterone, and angiotensin – it authoritatively shifts renal mechanisms into “conservation mode”

37. Many Bassinets feature integrated mechanisms to keep newborns relaxed

38. Eurozone membership precludes inflation and devaluation as adjustment mechanisms.

39. Such organisations have advisory committees and suitable control mechanisms.

40. Eye-pieces, reticules, focusing mechanisms, microscope bodies and barrels

41. Muscarinic mechanisms of antipsychotic Atypicality Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry

42. Mechanisms developed to ensure all children's access to education

43. The mechanisms underlying the inflammatory process are poorly understood.

44. Work organizations have yet to develop such coping mechanisms.

45. Two Distinct Moral Mechanisms for Ascribing and Denying Intentionality

46. Capsaicin-sensitive Afferentation is one of the defensive mechanisms

47. Capsaicin-sensitive Afferentation is one of the defensive mechanisms

48. PRINCIPLES UNDERLYING CAPACITY ALLOCATION MECHANISMS AND CONGESTION MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES

49. The mechanisms used for Cranking the engine are: 1

50. Aggressins inhibit the defence mechanisms of the host organism