In general, any combination of bodies so connected that their relative motions are constrained, and by means of which force and motion may be transmitted and modified, as a screw and its nut, or a lever arranged to turn about a fulcrum or a pulley about its pivot, etc.; especially, a construction, more or less complex, consisting of a combination of moving parts, or simple mechanical elements, as wheels, levers, cams, etc., with their supports and connecting framework, calculated to constitute a prime mover, or to receive force and motion from a prime mover or from another machine, and transmit, modify, and apply them to the production of some desired mechanical effect or work, as weaving by a loom, or the excitation of electricity by an electrical machine.
Any mechanical contrivance, as the wooden horse with which the Greeks entered Troy; a coach; a bicycle.
A person who acts mechanically or at the will of another.
a device which does work using mechanisms to provide movement
Any device that does work.
a device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of a task; it requires a triggered input, and transmits the modified energy to an output, which performs the desired task. The term machine generally applies to an assembly of parts of somewhat independent operation to jointly perform a task (as opposed to simple mechanical tools, e.g. hammer). device geology : soil management
a mechanism or device that helps people do work. The main machines are the lever, the pulley, the wheel and axle, the inclined plane, the wedge and the screw.
A device with fixed and moving parts that modifies mechanical energy in order to do work.
An apparatus, instrument, or mechanical element for the transmission of force and the conversion of motion.
A piece of stationary or mobile equipment having a self-contained power plant that is operated off-road and used for the movement of material. Machines include, but are not limited to, tractors, skidders, front-end loaders, scrapers, graders, bulldozers, swing yarders, log stackers, log loaders, and mechanical felling devices, such as tree shears and feller-bunchers. Machines do not include airplanes or aircraft (e.g., helicopters).
any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks
a device for overcoming resistance at one point by applying force at some other point
a combination of rigid or resistant bodies, formed and connected do that they move with definite relative motions and transmit force from the source of power to the resistance to be overcome
a concrete thin, consisting of parts, or of certain devices and combination of devices
a device by which a force applied to some point in certain direction is made available at some point and in some other direction
a device consisting of fixed and moving parts that modifies mechanical energy and transmits it in a more useful form
a device for applying power, while a mechanism is a mechanical device considered purely with respect to its motions
a device for multiplying force or changing the direction of force
a device for multiplying forces or changing the direction of forces
a device that allows people to do work with less effort
a device that helps make work easier to perform
a device that helps people do work against some resistive force
a device that makes the work easier
a device that makes things easier by changing force and distance or by changing the direction of the force
a device that makes work done easier
a man-made device to make work easier
a manufactured device which transforms one form of energy into another, decreasing entropy
a mechanical device with moving parts, often powered by electricity, used to perform a task, especially one that would otherwise be done by hand
a mechanism that transmits force from one place to another
a system or device for doing work
a thing consisting of several well-matched interacting parts that transmit forces, motion, and energy in performing a basic function
a tool to make work easier
A network-capable device, such as a computer, printer, or other equipment, that is, or is to be, connected to the network.
A mechanical device that transmits, modifies, or changes the direction of force in order to help people do work.
An assembly of parts used to change the amount, speed, or direction of a force for a useful purpose.
A common use term for a gaming device.
A human-made system or device made up of fixed and moving parts that perform tasks.
A structure which is made of a framework and assorted fixed and moving parts to transmit motion or energy from one part to another, as it's used for doing some kind of work. A mechanism.
A device which performs a task and is operated mechanically, electrically, or electronically.In computer terminology, "machine" refers to the computer itself.
The scientific definition of a machine is any device that transmits or modifies energy. In common usage, the meaning is restricted to devices that perform or assist in performing useful work. It normally requires some energy source ("input") and accomplishes some sort of work.