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Meaning
Noun
●
A
device
that
directs
and
controls
energy, often in the form of
movement
or
electricity
, to
produce
a certain effect.
●
A
vehicle
operated
mechanically
, such as an
automobile
or an airplane.
●
In Telephony & Genitalia:
An
answering machine
or,
by extension
,
voice
mail.
●
In Computing & Genitalia:
A computer.
●
A person or
organisation
that
seemingly
acts
like a
machine
, being
particularly
efficient
,
single-minded
, or unemotional.
●
Especially, the group that
controls
a political or
similar
organization; a
combination
of
persons
acting
together for a
common purpose
, with the
agencies
which they use.
●
In Poetry:
Supernatural
agency
in a
poem
, or a
superhuman
being
introduced
to
perform
some exploit.
●
In American English & Politics:
The system of
special interest groups
that
supports
a
political party
, especially in
urban
areas.
●
In Genitalia:
Penis.
●
In Genitalia:
A
contrivance
in the Ancient Greek
theatre
for
indicating
a
change of scene
,
by means of
which a
god
might
cross
the
stage
or
deliver
a
divine
message
; the deus
ex
machina.
●
A
bathing
machine.
Verb
●
To make by machinery.
●
To
shape
or
finish
by
machinery
; (usually, more
specifically
) to
shape
subtractively
by metal-cutting with machine-controlled toolpaths.
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Origin
machine
English
machine
Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)
machina
Latin
μαχανά
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
μηχανή
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
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