See Also: mechanism(dictionary)
Mechanism(medicine)
mechanism(encyclopedia)
mechanism(dictionary)
Mechanism(health)
proprioceptive mechanism(medicine)
random mechanism(medicine)
mechanism (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
Price Mechanism(money)
Defense mechanism(health)

mechanism (oh)



part of a machine or a set of parts that does a particular job
::the brake mechanism
::a clock mechanism
a system that is intended to achieve something or deal with a problem
mechanism for (doing) sth
::existing mechanisms for decision making
mechanism to do sth
::The Army has set up mechanisms to help jobless ex-soldiers get work.
-see also exchange rate mechanism
a system or a way of behaving that helps a living thing to avoid or protect itself from something difficult or dangerous
defence/control/survival mechanism
::When a person is ill, the body's natural defence mechanisms come into operation.
the way that something works
mechanism of
::the mechanism of the brain