Word Finder - mechanisms

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(within a machine or machinery) Any mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion, or the transmission or control of power.

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Any combination of cams, gears, links, belts, chains and logical mechanical elements.

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A group of entities, such as objects, that interact together.

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political machine

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A mental, physical or chemical process.

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Any process of, or system designed to manage useful energy conversion.

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The theory that all natural phenomena can be explained by physical causes.

It follows therefore that there arc as many possible mechanisms as there are links in the chain.

The areas of intervening cortex, arriving at structural completion later than the above sense-spheres, are called by some association-spheres, to indicate the view that they contain the neural mechanisms of reactions (some have said "ideas") associated with the sense perceptions elaborated in the several sensese spheres.

In the Reiileaux system of analysis of mechanisms the principle of comparative motion is generalized, and mechanisms apparently very diverse in character are shown to be founded on the same sequence of elementary combinations forming a kinematic chain.

The Reuleaux system, therefore, consists essentially of the analysis of every mechanism into a kinematic chain, and since each link of the chain may be the fixed frame of a mechanism quite diverse mechanisms are found to be merely inversions of the same kinematic chain.

In the first place, the extremely small size and isolation of the vegetative cells place the protoplasmic contents in peculiarly favourable circumstances for action, and we may safely conclude that, weight for weight and molecule for molecule, the protoplasm of bacteria is brought into contact with the environment at far more points and over a far larger surface than is that of higher organisms, whether - as in plants - it is distributed in thin layers round the sap-vacuoles, or - as in animals - is bathed in fluids brought by special mechanisms to irrigate it.

A pulley carried on a rotating shaft and connected to another pulley on a second shaft by an endless band consisting of a flat belt, rope, chain or similar connector serves for the transmission of power from the one shaft to the other and is known as a driving pulley; while combinations of pulleys or "sheaves," mounted in fixed or movable frames or "blocks," constitute mechanisms used to facilitate the raising of heavy weights.

So the physical mechanisms have been serially transformed, yet the law has never hiccupped.

Consider just a few of the mechanisms by which the Internet promotes trade that otherwise would not have occurred.

And the mechanisms that will bring that about are also the ones that will end poverty forever.

What underlying mechanisms would make the Democratic Peace Theory "work"?

Can they elaborate the financial mechanisms to support their involvement in implementing the protocol?

It addresses the causes and mechanisms underlying the phenomenon.

To discuss the mechanisms of protein aggregation within neurons.

One version is simplified to bring it into line with the other alkene electrophilic addition mechanisms.

One participant pointed out the danger of dependence on external mechanisms that are directly antithetical to the goal of peace building.

Title of Research Mechanisms of articular cartilage repair Summary of Research The articular cartilage repair Summary of Research The articular cartilage has a limited capacity for spontaneous repair.

Internal mechanisms such as the shutter unit and mirror balancer have also been designed for the maximum durability required of professional cameras.

We are analyzing the mechanisms and programming of antibiotic biosynthesis.

We are currently elucidating the molecular mechanisms responsible for the adjuvant and immune biasing activity of reactive carbonyls and methods for their elimination.

Students should also understand the diverse mechanisms by which different agents may play an important role in cancer causation alongside epidemiological evidence.

Abstract There has been growing interest in the mechanisms underlying the oscillatory properties of the mammalian cerebral cortex.

This suggests that we have specialized mechanisms for detecting cheats.

However little is known of the molecular mechanisms and neuronal circuitry underlying gravitational responses.

How do we prevent an attacker from accessing a level below our security mechanisms and thereby circumventing them?

Most mechanisms proceed by bimolecular collisions, whatever the overall order of the reaction!

Two distinct mechanisms for colossal magnetoresistance are known to produce colossal magnetoresistance are known to produce colossal magnetoresistance.

Our general interest is in the mechanisms of energy conservation in bacteria.

Retraining will be offered through local mechanisms where career aspirations change, progress is deemed to be unsatisfactory or if dictated by manpower considerations.

The social constructionists, being interested in mechanisms of social control, naturally focus upon laws designed to control sexuality.

The living mechanisms to ensure this mutual cooperation are slowly established.

Copper tube can pinhole due to a number of different mechanisms of pitting or erosion corrosion.

The mechanisms by which nuclear hyperfine coupling arises for radicals in fluid solution should be understood.

Understanding how baroclinic waves grew in simple models shed light on the mechanisms by which extra-tropical cyclones developed in the real troposphere.

What makes a bacterium an endophyte and why are plant defense mechanisms not activated?

Are we dealing with just a handful of disease mechanisms or are there many different routes to retinal degeneration?

Haemostatic mechanisms control blood flow by regulating platelet adherence and fibrin deposition and various haemostatic proteins have been shown to regulate angiogenesis.

These services should include helping clients install and operate secure network connections as well as mechanisms to rapidly disseminate vulnerability information and corrections.

Research has involved optimization of conditions for degradation and studies of the biochemical mechanisms by which complex azo dyes are degraded.

These " plates " do not house any of the guns mechanisms but are usually fitted to provide embellishment in the form of engraving.

He is also studying how germ cell determining mechanisms evolved in vertebrate embryos.

Back to top Cellular mechanisms in chronically epileptic tissue.

The way these mechanisms are utilized will be discussed below under the heading of proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) type stretching.

This indicates that folic acid can modulate key mechanisms for growth and differential in the central nervous system.

We are interested in the molecular mechanisms involved in patterning the early mammalian forebrain.

In addition filter cleaning mechanisms had to be designed to prevent too frequent clogging by algae build up in the foams.

The hip extensor action of the lower gluteus maximus contributes to knee stability through two mechanisms.

The AHS brings together those who share a common interest in antiquarian horology ranging from the earliest timepieces to 20th century mechanisms.

We are interested in the mechanisms by which this occurs in cardiac arrhythmia and congenital hyperinsulinism.

The aim of this research is to study the mechanisms of gene regulation following hypoxia.

In addition, the data indicate that the neural mechanisms involved in vowel identification receive an input from those responsible for the continuity illusion.