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What does mechanism mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word mechanism? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. (machine) any mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion, or the transmission or control of power.
  2. Any combination of cams, gears, links, belts, chains and logical mechanical elements.
  3. A group of objects or parts that interact together. (as in Political machine)
  4. A mental, physical, or chemical process.
  5. (philosophy) The theory that all natural phenomena can be explained by physical causes.
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When the absorbent gets full, the unit will indicate the fact, either by a color-change mechanism or a battery-operated light.
No clause in the agreement established a mechanism to anticipate or respond to market failures.
The mechanism may be unrelated to what these drugs do as anti-inflammatories.
We propose that this represents a mechanism of selection through antibiotic pressure.
The whole of the mechanism was powered by heavy weights which drove the cog wheel.
Restrained eating is viewed as a mechanism to decrease body dissatisfaction through weight loss.

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