Its mechanism will cease to work.
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Mechanism
//ˈmik.ə.nɪ.zəm//
Synonyms for "mechanism" (160 found)
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Closest matches (32)
Strong matches (48)
Related words (80)
mediatormediummethodmidwifeminionmonismmotionmotive powermotormovementmovementsnatural realismnaturalismnew realismorganorganizationpawnphilosophyphysicalismphysicism
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11 entriesRelated terms
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32 entriesShowing 16 of 32 words.
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5 entriesrelated to
23 entriesShowing 16 of 23 words.
used for
4 entriesTranslations
108 translations across 61 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- mekanizëm noun (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)
Arabic
1 entries- آلِيَّة noun (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)
Armenian
1 entries- մեխանիզմ noun (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- mexanizm noun (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)
Belarusian
2 entries- механі́зм noun (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)
- механі́зм noun (mental, chemical, or physical process)
Bengali
1 entries- যন্ত্রকৌশল noun (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)
Bulgarian
2 entries- механи́зъм noun (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)
- механи́зъм noun (mental, chemical, or physical process)
Burmese
3 entries- ကိရိယာ noun (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)
- စက်ကိရိယာ noun (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)
- ယန္တရား noun (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)
Catalan
2 entries- mecanisme noun (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)
- mecanisme noun (mental, chemical, or physical process)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 機制 /机制 noun (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)
- 機械 /机械 noun (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)
- 機構 /机构 noun (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)
- 機理 /机理 noun (mental, chemical, or physical process)
Czech
1 entries- mechanismus noun (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)
Danish
1 entries- mekanisme noun (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)
Dutch
1 entries- mechanisme noun (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)
Esperanto
2 entries- mekanismo noun (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)
- meĥanismo noun (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)
Estonian
1 entries- mehhanism noun (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)
Finnish
4 entries- järjestelmä noun (process of, or system designed to manage useful energy conversion)
- koneisto noun (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)
- koneisto noun (combination of machine elements)
- koneisto noun (group of entities that interact together)
French
2 entries- mécanisme noun (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)
- mécanisme noun (mental, chemical, or physical process)
Galician
1 entries- mecanismo noun (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)
Georgian
1 entries- მექანიზმი noun (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)
German
1 entries- Mechanismus noun (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)
Greek
2 entries- μηχανισμός noun (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)
- μηχανισμός noun (mental, chemical, or physical process)
Hebrew
1 entries- מַנְגָּנוֹן noun (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)
Hindi
3 entries- तंत्र noun (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)
- मेकैनिज़्म noun (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)
- यंत्रावली noun (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)
Hungarian
1 entries- mechanizmus noun (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)
Icelandic
2 entries- gangverk noun (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)
- vélhyggja noun (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)
Ido
1 entries- mekanismo noun (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)
Iranian Persian
3 entries- ساز و کار noun (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)
- سازوکار noun (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)
- مِکانیزْم noun (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)
Italian
2 entries- meccanismo noun (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)
- meccanismo noun (mental, chemical, or physical process)
Japanese
4 entries- メカニズム noun (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)
- 仕組み noun (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)
- 仕組み noun (mental, chemical, or physical process)
- 機構 noun (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)
Kazakh
1 entries- механизм noun (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)
Khmer
3 entries- គ្រឿង noun (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)
- យន្ត noun (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)
- យន្តម័យ noun (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)
Korean
2 entries- 기구 noun (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)
- 메커니즘 noun (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- механизм noun (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)
Lao
3 entries- ກົນໄກ noun (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)
- ຍົນ noun (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)
- ເຄື່ອງ noun (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)
Latin
1 entries- māchina noun (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)
Latvian
2 entries- mehānisms noun (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)
- mehānisms noun (mental, chemical, or physical process)
Lithuanian
1 entries- mechanizmas noun (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)
Macedonian
1 entries- механи́зам noun (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)
Malay
1 entries- mekanisme noun (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)
Mongolian
1 entries- механизм noun (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- mekanisme noun (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)
Polish
1 entries- mechanizm noun (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)
Portuguese
2 entries- mecanismo noun (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)
- mecanismo noun (mental, chemical, or physical process)
Romanian
2 entries- mecanism noun (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)
- mecanism noun (mental, chemical, or physical process)
Russian
2 entries- механи́зм noun (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)
- механи́зм noun (mental, chemical, or physical process)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- mehanìzam noun (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)
- механѝзам noun (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)
Slovak
1 entries- mechanizmus noun (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)
Slovene
1 entries- mehanizem noun (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)
Spanish
2 entries- mecanismo noun (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)
- mecanismo noun (mental, chemical, or physical process)
Swedish
2 entries- mekanism noun (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)
- mekanism noun (mental, chemical, or physical process)
Tagalog
1 entries- sigmuan noun (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)
Tajik
1 entries- механизм noun (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)
Tatar
1 entries- механизм noun (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)
Telugu
1 entries- యంత్రాంగం noun (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)
Thai
3 entries- กลไก noun (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)
- ยนต์ noun (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)
- เครื่อง noun (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)
Turkish
1 entries- mekanizma noun (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)
Turkmen
1 entries- mehanizm noun (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)
Ukrainian
2 entries- механі́зм noun (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)
- механі́зм noun (mental, chemical, or physical process)
Urdu
1 entries- میکانِزْم noun (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)
Uzbek
1 entries- mexanizm noun (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)
Vietnamese
2 entries- bộ máy noun (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)
- máy móc noun (mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
Magnetic force drives the mechanism.
Source: tatoeba (48806)
The mechanism of this machine is complicated.
Source: tatoeba (59822)
We don't have a mechanism for sustained funding.
Source: tatoeba (430082)
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