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Mechanism Machine Piece Equipment Part Consisting Set Smaller

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In a machine or piece of equipment, a m________ is a part, often consisting of a set of smaller parts, which performs a particular function.In a machine or piece of equipment, a mechanism is a part, often consisting of a set of smaller parts, which performs a particular function.
...the locking mechanism.
A bomb has been detonated by a special mechanism.
word mechanism
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In a machine or piece of equipment, a mechanism is a part, often consisting of a set of smaller parts, which performs a particular function.
...the locking mechanism.
A bomb has been detonated by a special mechanism.
A mechanism is a special way of getting something done within a particular system.
There's no mechanism for punishing arms exporters who break the rules.
...the clumsy and ineffective mechanism of price controls.
A mechanism is a part of your behaviour that is automatic and that helps you to survive or to cope with a difficult situation .
...a survival mechanism, a means of coping with intolerable stress.
inflections mechanisms
cefr-level B2

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