Look up mechanism in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Mechanism may refer to: Mechanism (engineering), rigid bodies connected by joints in order to accomplish...
The Antikythera mechanism (/ˌæntɪˈkɪθɪərə/ AN-tih-KIH-ther-ə) is an Ancient Greek hand-powered orrery (model of the Solar System), described as the oldest...
In psychoanalytic theory, a defence mechanism is an unconscious psychological operation that functions to protect a person from anxiety-producing thoughts...
Mechanism design is a branch of economics, social choice theory, and game theory that deals with designing games (or mechanisms) to implement a given...
the Higgs mechanism is essential to explain the generation mechanism of the property "mass" for gauge bosons. Without the Higgs mechanism, all bosons...
a reaction mechanism is the step by step sequence of elementary reactions by which overall chemical reaction occurs. A chemical mechanism is a theoretical...
In particle physics, the GIM mechanism (or Glashow–Iliopoulos–Maiani mechanism) is the mechanism through which flavour-changing neutral currents (FCNCs)...
In cultural anthropology, a leveling mechanism is a practice in some non-Western cultures that acts to ensure social equality, usually by shaming or humbling...
investigated. Studying an enzyme's kinetics in this way can reveal the catalytic mechanism of this enzyme, its role in metabolism, how its activity is controlled...
A scissors mechanism uses linked, folding supports in a criss-cross 'X' pattern. The scissor mechanism is a mechanical linkage system used to create vertical...
conversion of starch to sugars by plant extracts and saliva were known but the mechanisms by which these occurred had not been identified. French chemist Anselme...
The flintlock mechanism is a type of lock used on muskets, rifles, and pistols from the early 17th to the mid-19th century. It is commonly referred to...
In geology, a deformation mechanism is a process occurring at a microscopic scale that is responsible for changes in a material's internal structure,...
The Berry mechanism, or Berry pseudorotation mechanism, is a type of vibration causing molecules of certain geometries to isomerize by exchanging the two...
In economics, the market mechanism is a mechanism by which the use of money exchanged by buyers and sellers with an open and understood system of value...
Flexible mechanisms, also sometimes known as Flexibility Mechanisms or Kyoto Mechanisms, refers to emissions trading, the Clean Development Mechanism and Joint...
In economics, a price mechanism is the manner in which the profits of goods or services affects the supply and demand of goods and services, principally...
In mechanical engineering, a compliant mechanism is a flexible mechanism that achieves force and motion transmission through elastic body deformation...
The European Union rapid reaction mechanism (RRM) is a streamlining of existing European Union law and Framework Law regarding "the alleviation of crises...
and by chemical, thermal, or electrical power, and include a system of mechanisms that shape the actuator input to achieve a specific application of output...
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