Machinery
[mə'ʃiːn(ə)rɪ] or [mə'ʃinəri]
Definition
(noun.) machines or machine systems collectively.
(noun.) a system of means and activities whereby a social institution functions; 'the complex machinery of negotiation'; 'the machinery of command labored and brought forth an order'.
Editor: Sweeney--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Machines, in general, or collectively.
(n.) The working parts of a machine, engine, or instrument; as, the machinery of a watch.
(n.) The supernatural means by which the action of a poetic or fictitious work is carried on and brought to a catastrophe; in an extended sense, the contrivances by which the crises and conclusion of a fictitious narrative, in prose or verse, are effected.
(n.) The means and appliances by which anything is kept in action or a desired result is obtained; a complex system of parts adapted to a purpose.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Enginery, mechanism.[2]. Supernatural agency (in poems).
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of machinery, denotes you will undertake some project which will give great anxiety, but which will finally result in good for you. To see old machinery, foretells enemies will overcome in your strivings to build up your fortune. To become entangled in machinery, foretells loss in your business, and much unhappiness will follow. Loss from bad deals generally follows this dream.
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Examples
- Safety clutches are numerous, by which the machine is quickly and automatically stopped by the action of electro-magnets should a workman or other obstruction be caught in the machinery. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- These got fairly to work at the beginning of the century, and the uses of machinery spread to the treatment of leather. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- If for a generation or so machinery has had to wait its turn in the mine, it is simply because for a time men were cheaper than machinery. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- One of these consists of the crushing and grinding machinery, and the other of the long kilns. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- About three years afterward, it occurred to me that I had not heard at all from the man who had rented this machinery, so I thought I would go over to Newark and see how things were going. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It is proposed to work as a unit plant for successful operation at least six sets of molds, to keep the men busy and the machinery going. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Is the absence of unlimited proprietary rights felt more strongly in the case of personal chattels (such as furniture and ornaments) than in the case of land or machinery? Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The engineering establishment of Mr. Hall, at Dartford, in Kent, was selected as best adapted for the purpose of making the machinery and for carrying the plans into operation. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- There is a surprisingly large amount of expensive machinery in the hair plant. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The machinery of all my nature; the whole enginery of this human mill; the boiler, which I take to be the heart, is fit to burst. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- A large shop was rented in Newark, equipped with $25,000 worth of machinery, and Edison was given full charge. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The arrangement of her machinery is seen in Fig. 109. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- During the progress of the ore-milling work at Edison, it became desirable to carry on a certain operation by some special machinery. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- To-day the friction match is turned out by automatic machinery by the million, and constitutes probably the most ubiquitous and useful of all the minor inventions. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- A shop fully equipped with electric machinery is the best possible kind of shop for employee as well as for the owner. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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