• Mechanism (engineering)
  Mechanism (engineering)
  A mechanism is a device designed to transform input forces and movement into a desired set of output forces and movement. Mechanisms generally consist of moving components such as gears and gear trains, belt and chain drives, cam and follower mechanisms, and linkages as well as friction devices...
  
  , rigid bodies connected by joints in order to accomplish a desired force and/or motion transmission
• Mechanism (biology)
  Mechanism (biology)
  In biology --and in science in general-- a mechanism is a complex object or, more generally, a process that produces a regular phenomenon. For example, natural selection is one of the mechanisms of biological evolution, other being genetic drift, biased mutation, and gene flow; competition,...
  
  , explaining how a feature is created
• Mechanism (philosophy)
  Mechanism (philosophy)
  Mechanism is the belief that natural wholes are like machines or artifacts, composed of parts lacking any intrinsic relationship to each other, and with their order imposed from without. Thus, the source of an apparent thing's activities is not the whole itself, but its parts or an external...
  
  , a theory that all natural phenomena can be explained by physical causes
• Mechanism (sociology)
  Mechanism (sociology)
  During the last decade there has been a growing interest in social mechanisms and mechanism-based explanations, not only in sociology and the social sciences but also in philosophy of science, particularly philosophy of biology....
  
  , a set of rules designed to bring about a certain outcome
• Mechanism (band)
  Mechanism (band)
  Mechanism is a death metal band from Canada . Their debut album is called Inspired Horrific and combines death metal with progressive.-Line-up:...
  
  , a death metal band from Canada

See also

• Machine
  Machine
  A machine manages power to accomplish a task, examples include, a mechanical system, a computing system, an electronic system, and a molecular machine. In common usage, the meaning is that of a device having parts that perform or assist in performing any type of work...
  
  
• Machine (mechanical)
  Machine (mechanical)
  The mechanical properties of a machine manage power to achieve desired forces and movement. Modern machines often include computers and sensors that monitor performance and plan movement, and are called mechanical systems....
  
  
• Linkage (mechanical)
  Linkage (mechanical)
  A mechanical linkage is an assembly of bodies connected together to manage forces and movement. The movement of a body, or link, is studied using geometry so the link is considered to be rigid. The connections between links are modeled as providing ideal movement, pure rotation or sliding for...
  
  
• Mechanism design
  Mechanism design
  Mechanism design is a field in game theory studying solution concepts for a class of private information games...
  
  , the art of designing rules of a game to achieve a specific outcome
• Mechanism of action
  Mechanism of action
  In pharmacology, the term mechanism of action refers to the specific biochemical interaction through which a drug substance produces its pharmacological effect...
  
  , the means by which a drug exerts its biological effects
• Defence mechanism
  Defence mechanism
  In Freudian psychoanalytic theory, defence mechanisms are unconscious psychological strategies brought into play by various entities to cope with reality and to maintain self-image. Healthy persons normally use different defences throughout life...
  
  , unconscious mechanisms aimed at reducing anxiety
• Reaction mechanism
  Reaction mechanism
  In chemistry, a reaction mechanism is the step by step sequence of elementary reactions by which overall chemical change occurs.Although only the net chemical change is directly observable for most chemical reactions, experiments can often be designed that suggest the possible sequence of steps in...
  
  , the sequence of reactions by which overall chemical change occurs
• Antikythera mechanism
  Antikythera mechanism
  The Antikythera mechanism is an ancient mechanical computer designed to calculate astronomical positions. It was recovered in 1900–1901 from the Antikythera wreck. Its significance and complexity were not understood until decades later. Its time of construction is now estimated between 150 and 100...
  
  , an ancient Greek analog computer