mechanism

[ US /ˈmɛkəˌnɪzəm/ ]
[ UK /mˈɛkənˌɪzəm/ ]
NOUN
  1. the atomic process that occurs during a chemical reaction
    he determined unique mechanisms for the photochemical reactions
  2. (philosophy) the philosophical theory that all phenomena can be explained in terms of physical or biological causes
  3. a natural object resembling a machine in structure or function
    the mechanism of infection
    the mechanism of the ear
  4. the technical aspects of doing something
    mechanisms of communication
    a mechanism of social control
    the mechanics of prose style
  5. device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function
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How To Use mechanism In A Sentence

  • The activation mechanism is the chemo- activity of mainly due to the strong chemo- activity of chelators to improve the amount of collector adsorbed on chrysocolla.
  • Your clock has a floating balance mechanism.
  • In other cases panting is caused, i.e. the mechanism most often seen in the dog under natural conditions, when it is hot. Walter Hess - Nobel Lecture
  • A touch is all that is needed to lube delicate trigger mechanisms, firing pins, ejectors, extractors and springs.
  • These results indicate that, depending on the unique features of a given learning, experience, very different classes of mechanisms can be engaged to subserve memory in a particular time domain.
  • The foundation that administering a mechanism is company network cooperation assures with what realize synergism.
  • We synthetically discuss charactesistic of the candy shaping mechanism and the cooling unit.
  • In rat liver, it has been shown that tamoxifen forms covalent DNA adducts, implying a genotoxic mechanism for its carcinogenicity in this tissue.
  • We need set up intact and scientific legal mechanism in ecological environment protection requirement.
  • There is no known cure for hebephilia and no effective initial screening mechanism, says psychologist James Cantor, who leads a team of researchers from Toronto's Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and other hospitals in studying the role of the brain in causing pedophilia and hebephilia. The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed
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