Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - machine
Machine
machine
n. & v. --n. 1 an apparatus using or applying mechanical power, having several parts each with a definite function and together performing certain kinds of work. 2 a particular kind of machine, esp. a vehicle, a piece of electrical or electronic apparatus, etc. 3 an instrument that transmits a force or directs its application. 4 the controlling system of an organization etc. (the party machine). 5 a person who acts mechanically and with apparent lack of emotion. --v.tr. make or operate on with a machine (esp. in sewing or printing). Phrases and idioms machine code (or language) a computer language that a particular computer can respond to directly. machine-readable in a form that a computer can process. machine tool a mechanically operated tool for working on metal, wood, or plastics. machine-tooled 1 shaped by a machine tool. 2 (of artistic presentation etc.) precise, slick, esp. excessively so. Etymology: F f. L machina f. Gk makhana Doric form of mekhane f. mekhos contrivance
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I. noun Usage: often attributive see: may Date: circa 1545 1. a constructed thing whether material or immaterial, conveyance, vehicle, a military engine, any of various apparatuses formerly used to produce stage effects, e. an assemblage of parts that transmit forces, motion, and energy one to another in a predetermined manner, an instrument (as a lever) designed to transmit or modify the application of power, force, or motion, a mechanically, electrically, or electronically operated device for performing a task, a coin-operated device , ~ry, 2. a living organism or one of its functional systems, one that resembles a ~ (as in being methodical, tireless, or consistently productive) , c. a combination of persons acting together for a common end along with the agencies they use, a highly organized political group under the leadership of a boss or small clique, a literary device or contrivance introduced for dramatic effect, II. transitive verb (~d; machining) Date: 1853 to process by or as if by ~, machinability also ~ability noun machinable also ~able adjective ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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