Machine definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary MACHINE, n. [L. machina.] An artificial work, simple or complicated, that ... engine; an instrument of force. With inward arms the dire machine they load. 2. Supernatural agency in a poem, or a ... 2: an efficient person; "the boxer was a magnificent fighting machine" 3: an intricate organization that accomplishes its goals efficiently; "the war machine" 4: a device for overcoming resistance at one point by applying force at some other point [syn: machine, simple machine] 5: a group that controls the activities ...
machine tool definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a powered machine for cutting or shaping or finishing metals or other materials Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1854 a machine designed for shaping solid work Webster's 1913 Dictionary Machine Ma*chine", n. [F., fr. L. machina machine, engine, device, trick, Gr. ?, from ? means, expedient. Cf. Mechanic.] 1 ... force and motion from a prime mover or from another machine, and transmit, modify, and apply them to the production ...
infernal machine definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a bomb ... go off at a particular time [syn: time bomb, infernal machine] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1810 a machine or apparatus maliciously designed to explode and destroy life or ... The instruments or abettors in such infernal dealings. --Addison. Infernal machine, a machine or apparatus maliciously designed to explode, and destroy life or ... hellish; devilish; diabolical; satanic; fiendish; malicious. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Machine Ma*chine", n. [F., fr. L. machina machine, engine, ...
machine shop definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: workshop where metal is cut and shaped etc., by machine tools Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1827 a workshop in ... is machined to size and assembled Webster's 1913 Dictionary Machine Ma*chine", n. [F., fr. L. machina machine, engine, device, trick, Gr. ?, from ? means, expedient. Cf. Mechanic.] 1 ... force and motion from a prime mover or from another machine, and transmit, modify, and apply them to the production of ... a loom, or the excitation of electricity by an electrical machine. Note: The term machine is most commonly applied to ...
Elementary machine definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Machine Ma*chine", n. [F., fr. L. machina machine, engine, device, trick, Gr. ?, from ? means, expedient. Cf. Mechanic.] 1 ... force and motion from a prime mover or from another machine, and transmit, modify, and apply them to the production of ... a loom, or the excitation of electricity by an electrical machine. Note: The term machine is most commonly applied to such pieces of mechanism ...
machine screw definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a ... can be driven by a screwdriver Webster's 1913 Dictionary Machine Ma*chine", n. [F., fr. L. machina machine, engine, device, trick, Gr. ?, from ? means, expedient. Cf. Mechanic.] 1 ... force and motion from a prime mover or from another machine, and transmit, modify, and apply them to the production of ... a loom, or the excitation of electricity by an electrical machine. Note: The term machine is most commonly applied to such pieces of mechanism ...
Machine twist definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Machine Ma*chine", n. [F., fr. L. machina machine, engine, device, trick, Gr. ?, from ? means, expedient. Cf. Mechanic.] 1 ... force and motion from a prime mover or from another machine, and transmit, modify, and apply them to the production of ... a loom, or the excitation of electricity by an electrical machine. Note: The term machine is most commonly applied to such pieces of mechanism ...
Machine work definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Machine Ma*chine", n. [F., fr. L. machina machine, engine, device, trick, Gr. ?, from ? means, expedient. Cf. Mechanic.] 1 ... force and motion from a prime mover or from another machine, and transmit, modify, and apply them to the production of ... a loom, or the excitation of electricity by an electrical machine. Note: The term machine is most commonly applied to such pieces of mechanism ...
... sylphs. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: machines or machine systems collectively 2: a system of means and activities whereby ... as a functioning unit b. the working parts of a machine 2. the means or system by which something is kept ... pl. -ies) 1 machines collectively. 2 the components of a machine; a mechanism. 3 (foll. by of) an organized system. 4 ... s 1913 Dictionary Machinery Ma*chin"er*y, n. [From Machine: cf. F. machinerie.] 1. Machines, in general, or collectively. 2. The working parts of a machine, engine, or instrument; as, the machinery of a watch. 3 ... 2. Supernatural agency (in poems). Moby Thesaurus accouterments, action, adding machine, addressing machine, agency, agent, all-crop harvester, apparatus, appliance, ...
slot machine definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a machine that is operated by the insertion of a coin in a slot [syn: slot machine, coin machine] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1891 1. a machine whose operation is begun by dropping a coin into a slot 2. an originally coin-operated gambling machine that pays off according to the matching of symbols ...
washing machine definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a home ... washing clothes and linens automatically [syn: washer, automatic washer, washing machine] Merriam Webster's noun Date: circa 1754 a machine for washing; especially one for washing clothes and household linen ... usually of alkaline salts resembling soaps in their action. Washing machine, a machine for washing; specifically, a machine for washing clothes. Washing soda. (Chem.) See Sodium carbonate, ...
machine language definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a ... specific class of computers [syn: computer language, computer-oriented language, machine language, machine-oriented language] 2: a set of instructions coded so that ... the computer can use it directly without further translation [syn: machine code, machine language] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1949 1. the set ... that is used to represent operations and data in a machine (as a computer) — called also machine code 2. assembly language
vending machine definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a slot machine for selling goods Merriam Webster's noun Date: circa 1895 a coin-operated machine for selling merchandise Britannica Concise Coin-activated machine through which various goods may be sold. The first vending ... cost to the owner of the premises on which a machine is located or in return for a small servicing charge. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (vending machines) A vending machine is a machine from which you can get things ...
milling machine definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: machine tool in which metal that is secured to a carriage ... fed against rotating cutters that shape it [syn: miller, milling machine] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1849 a machine tool on which work usually of metal secured to a carriage is shaped by rotating milling cutters Britannica Concise Machine tool that rotates a circular tool with numerous cutting edges ... for dressing surfaces, as of metal, of various shapes. Milling machine, a machine tool for dressing surfaces by rotary cutters. ...