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Action :: Action (n.) Effective motion; also, mechanism; as, the breech action of a gun..

Pair :: Pair (n.) In a mechanism, two elements, or bodies, which are so applied to each other as to mutually constrain relative motion..

Mechanism :: Mechanism (n.) An ideal machine; a combination of movable bodies constituting a machine, but considered only with regard to relative movements..

Mainspring :: Mainspring (n.) The principal or most important spring in a piece of mechanism, especially the moving spring of a watch or clock or the spring in a gunlock which impels the hammer. Hence: The chief or most powerful motive; the efficient cause of action..

Lamp :: Lamp (n.) A device or mechanism for producing light by electricity. See Incandescent lamp, under Incandescent..

Chime :: Chime (n.) A set of bells musically tuned to each other; specif., in the pl., the music performed on such a set of bells by hand, or produced by mechanism to accompany the striking of the hours or their divisions..

Key :: Key (n.) An instrument which is turned like a key in fastening or adjusting any mechanism; as, a watch key; a bed key, etc..

Gimcrack :: Gimcrack (n.) A trivial mechanism; a device; a toy; a pretty thing.

Ratchet :: Ratchet (n.) A mechanism composed of a ratchet wheel, or ratch, and pawl. See Ratchet wheel, below, and 2d Ratch..

Mechanism :: Mechanism (n.) Mechanical operation or action.

Feed :: Feed (n.) The mechanism by which the action of feeding is produced; a feed motion.

Phakoscope :: Phakoscope (n.) An instrument for studying the mechanism of accommodation.

Rackwork :: Rackwork (n.) Any mechanism having a rack, as a rack and pinion..

Unmechanize :: Unmechanize (v. t.) To undo the mechanism of; to unmake; as, to unmechanize a structure..

Apparatus :: Apparatus (n.) Hence: A full collection or set of implements, or utensils, for a given duty, experimental or operative; any complex instrument or appliance, mechanical or chemical, for a specific action or operation; machinery; mechanism..

Gimmor :: Gimmor (n.) A piece of mechanism; mechanical device or contrivance; a gimcrack.

Self-acting :: Self-acting (a.) Acting of or by one's self or by itself; -- said especially of a machine or mechanism which is made to perform of or for itself what is usually done by human agency; automatic; as, a self-acting feed apparatus; a self-acting mule; a self-acting press..

Bolster :: Bolster (n.) Anything arranged to act as a support, as in various forms of mechanism, etc..

Mechanism :: Mechanism (n.) 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..

Key :: Key (n.) That part of a mechanism which serves to lock up, make fast, or adjust to position..

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