Mechanism (band) definition

(1) The technical aspects of doing something

"A mechanism of social control"

"Mechanisms of communication"

"The mechanics of prose style"

(2) Device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function

(3) (philosophy) the philosophical theory that all phenomena can be explained in terms of physical or biological causes

(4) A natural object resembling a machine in structure or function

"The mechanism of the ear"

"The mechanism of infection"

(5) The atomic process that occurs during a chemical reaction

"He determined unique mechanisms for the photochemical reactions"