mechanism

Academic Word List, sublist 4.

About 39.37 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Any mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion, or the transmission or control of power.
2. noun Any combination of cams, gears, links, belts, chains and logical mechanical elements.
3. noun A group of entities, such as objects, that interact together.
4. noun A mental, physical, or chemical process.
5. noun Any process of, or system designed to manage useful energy conversion.
6. noun The theory that all natural phenomena can be explained by physical causes.

Similar words

mechanics chemical mechanism machine clockwork device apparatus machinery mechanized framework mechanistic

Often followed by

of for is to in that by and which

Word family

mechanisms