Mechanism
(Mech"an*ism) n. [Cf. F. mécanisme, L. mechanisma. See Mechanic.]
1. The arrangement or relation of the parts of a machine; the parts of a machine, taken collectively; the
arrangement or relation of the parts of anything as adapted to produce an effect; as, the mechanism of
a watch; the mechanism of a sewing machine; the mechanism of a seed pod.
2. Mechanical operation or action.
He acknowledges nothing besides matter and motion; so that all must be performed either by mechanism
or accident.
Bentley. 3. (Kinematics) An ideal machine; a combination of movable bodies constituting a machine, but considered
only with regard to relative movements.
Mechanist
(Mech"an*ist), n.
1. A maker of machines; one skilled in mechanics.
2. One who regards the phenomena of nature as the effects of forces merely mechanical.
Mechanize
(Mech"an*ize) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mechanized ; p. pr. & vb. n. Mechanizing ] [Cf. F.
méchaniser.] To cause to be mechanical. Shelley.
Mechanograph
(Mech"an*o*graph) n. [Gr. mhchanh` machine + -graph.] One of a number of copies
of anything multiplied mechanically.
Mechanographic
(Mech`an*o*graph`ic) a.
1. Treating of mechanics. [R.]
2. Written, copied, or recorded by machinery; produced by mechanography; as, a mechanographic record
of changes of temperature; mechanographic prints.
Mechanographist
(Mech`an*og"ra*phist) n. An artist who, by mechanical means, multiplies copies of
works of art.
Mechanography
(Mech`an*og"ra*phy) n. The art of mechanically multiplying copies of a writing, or any
work of art.
Mechanurgy
(Mech"an*ur`gy) n. [Gr. mhchanh` machine + the root of work.] That branch of science
which treats of moving machines.
Mechitarist
(Mech"i*tar*ist) n. [From Mechitar, an Armenian., who founded the congregation in the
early part of the eighteenth century.] (Eccl. Hist.) One of a religious congregation of the Roman Catholic
Church devoted to the improvement of Armenians.
Mechlin
(Mech"lin) n. A kind of lace made at, or originating in, Mechlin, in Belgium.
