mechanism

IPA: mˈɛkʌnɪzʌm

(within a machine or machinery) Any mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion, or the transmission or control of power.
Any combination of cams, gears, links, belts, chains and logical mechanical elements.
A group of entities, such as objects, that interact together.
A mental, physical, or chemical process.
Any process of, or system designed to manage useful energy conversion.
(philosophy) The theory that all natural phenomena can be explained by physical causes.

Examples of "mechanism" in Sentences

Eric: What other mechanism is there to defer taxes?
Just ONE gesture … the mechanism is already in place.
This mechanism is a common one to RTD, so it's not surprising that it was used in CoE.
This mechanism is also the only practical implementation of a “just war” policy that we are ever likely to see.
Obviously a lot of times making decision to air-lift a person to the hospital like this is based on what we call the mechanism of injury.
It only precludes learning about the mechanism if in fact learning about the mechanism is a false category (which may or may not be true).
Taking that a step further, ISE's Miller says, some mobile operating systems have a non-executable heap, which he describes as a mechanism to hinder or block the execution of malicious code.
In his search for a more elegant description of the solar system, Nicolas Copernicus was motivated by his desire to comprehend what he called The mechanism of the universe, wrought for us by a supremely good and orderly Creator, the system the best and most orderly artist of all framed for our sake.