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Machine
Machine
n.
In
general
,
any
combination
of
bodies
so
connected
that
their
relative
motions
are
constrained
,
and
by
means
of
which
force
and
motion
may
be
transmitted
and
modified
, as a
screw
and
its
nut
, or a
lever
arranged
to
turn
about
a
fulcrum
or a
pulley
about
its
pivot
,
etc
.;
especially
, a
construction
,
more
or
less
complex
,
consisting
of a
combination
of
moving
parts
, or
simple
mechanical
elements
, as
wheels
,
levers
,
cams
,
etc
.,
with
their
supports
and
connecting
framework
,
calculated
to
constitute
a
prime
mover
, or to
receive
force
and
motion
from
a
prime
mover
or
from
another
machine
,
and
transmit
,
modify
,
and
apply
them
to
the
production
of
some
desired
mechanical
effect
or
work
, as
weaving
by a
loom
, or
the
excitation
of
electricity
by an
electrical
machine
.
Machine
n.
Any
mechanical
contrivance
, as
the
wooden
horse
with
which
the
Greeks
entered
Troy
; a
coach
; a
bicycle
.
Machine
n.
A
person
who
acts
mechanically
or at
will
of
another
.
Machine
n.
A
combination
of
persons
acting
together
for
a
common
purpose
,
with
the
agencies
which
they
use
; as,
the
social
machine
.
Machine
n.
A
political
organization
arranged
and
controlled
by
one
or
more
leaders
for
selfish
,
private
or
partisan
ends
.
Machine
n.
Supernatural
agency
in a
poem
, or a
superhuman
being
introduced
to
perform
some
exploit
.
Machine
v. t.
To
subject
to
the
action
of
machinery
; to
effect
by
aid
of
machinery
; to
print
with
a
printing
machine
.
Machined
imp. & p. p.
of
Machine
Machiner
n.
One
who
or
operates
a
machine
; a
machinist
.
Machinery
n.
Machines
, in
general
, or
collectively
.
Machinery
n.
The
working
parts
of a
machine
,
engine
, or
instrument
; as,
the
machinery
of a
watch
.
Machinery
n.
The
supernatural
means
by
which
the
action
of a
poetic
or
fictitious
work
is
carried
on
and
brought
to a
catastrophe
; in an
extended
sense
,
the
contrivances
by
which
the
crises
and
conclusion
of a
fictitious
narrative
, in
prose
or
verse
,
are
effected
.
Machinery
n.
The
means
and
appliances
by
which
anything
is
kept
in
action
or a
desired
result
is
obtained
; a
complex
system
of
parts
adapted
to a
purpose
.
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