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