Synonyms: mechanics, mechanism
Definition: the technical aspects of doing something
Usage: a mechanism of social control; mechanisms of communication; the mechanics of prose style
Similar words: performance, carrying into action, carrying out, execution
Definition: the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it
Usage: they criticised his performance as mayor; experience generally improves performance
Synonyms: mechanism
Definition: device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function
Similar words: device
Definition: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose
Usage: the device is small enough to wear on your wrist; a device intended to conserve water
Synonyms: mechanism
Definition: (philosophy) the philosophical theory that all phenomena can be explained in terms of physical or biological causes
Similar words: philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory
Definition: a doctrine accepted by adherents to a philosophy
Synonyms: mechanism
Definition: a natural object resembling a machine in structure or function
Usage: the mechanism of the ear; the mechanism of infection
Similar words: natural object
Definition: an object occurring naturally; not made by man
Synonyms: mechanism, chemical mechanism
Definition: the atomic process that occurs during a chemical reaction
Usage: he determined unique mechanisms for the photochemical reactions
Similar words: chemical action, chemical change, chemical process
Definition: (chemistry) any process determined by the atomic and molecular composition and structure of the substances involved