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mechanism

English

🔊 the technical aspects of doing something
“a mechanism of social control”
🔊 device consisting of a piece of machinery
🔊 (philosophy) the philosophical theory that all phenomena can be explained in terms of physical or biological causes
🔊 a natural object resembling a machine in structure or function
“the mechanism of the ear”
🔊 the atomic process that occurs during a chemical reaction
“he determined unique mechanisms for the photochemical reactions”