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  machine
       
          Common term for "computer", usually when considered at the
          hardware level.  The Turing Machine, an early example of
          this usage, was however neither hardware nor software, but
          only an idea.
       
          [Earlier use?]
       
          (1995-02-15)
       
       

  Machine \Ma*chine"\ (m[.a]*sh[=e]n"), n. [F., fr. L. machina
     machine, engine, device, trick, Gr. ?, from ? means,
     expedient. Cf. Mechanic.]
     1. In general, any combination of bodies so connected that
        their relative motions are constrained, and by means of
        which force and motion may be transmitted and modified, as
        a screw and its nut, or a lever arranged to turn about a
        fulcrum or a pulley about its pivot, etc.; especially, a
        construction, more or less complex, consisting of a
        combination of moving parts, or simple mechanical
        elements, as wheels, levers, cams, etc., with their
        supports and connecting framework, calculated to
        constitute a prime mover, or to receive force and motion
        from a prime mover or from another machine, and transmit,
        modify, and apply them to the production of some desired
        mechanical effect or work, as weaving by a loom, or the
        excitation of electricity by an electrical machine.
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     Note: The term machine is most commonly applied to such
           pieces of mechanism as are used in the industrial arts,
           for mechanically shaping, dressing, and combining
           materials for various purposes, as in the manufacture
           of cloth, etc. Where the effect is chemical, or other
           than mechanical, the contrivance is usually denominated
           an apparatus or device, not a machine; as, a bleaching
           apparatus. Many large, powerful, or specially important
           pieces of mechanism are called engines; as, a steam
           engine, fire engine, graduating engine, etc. Although
           there is no well-settled distinction between the terms
           engine and machine among practical men, there is a
           tendency to restrict the application of the former to
           contrivances in which the operating part is not
           distinct from the motor.
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     2. Any mechanical contrivance, as the wooden horse with which
        the Greeks entered Troy; a coach; a bicycle. --Dryden.
        --Southey. --Thackeray.
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     3. A person who acts mechanically or at the will of another.
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     4. A combination of persons acting together for a common
        purpose, with the agencies which they use; as, the social
        machine.
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              The whole machine of government ought not to bear
              upon the people with a weight so heavy and
              oppressive.                           --Landor.
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     5. A political organization arranged and controlled by one or
        more leaders for selfish, private or partisan ends; the
        Tammany machine. [Political Cant]
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     6. Supernatural agency in a poem, or a superhuman being
        introduced to perform some exploit. --Addison.
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     Elementary machine, a name sometimes given to one of the
        simple mechanical powers. See under Mechanical.
  
     Infernal machine. See under Infernal.
  
     Machine gun.See under Gun.
  
     Machine screw, a screw or bolt adapted for screwing into
        metal, in distinction from one which is designed
        especially to be screwed into wood.
  
     Machine shop, a workshop where machines are made, or where
        metal is shaped by cutting, filing, turning, etc.
  
     Machine tool, a machine for cutting or shaping wood, metal,
        etc., by means of a tool; especially, a machine, as a
        lathe, planer, drilling machine, etc., designed for a more
        or less general use in a machine shop, in distinction from
        a machine for producing a special article as in
        manufacturing.
  
     Machine twist, silken thread especially adapted for use in
        a sewing machine.
  
     Machine work, work done by a machine, in contradistinction
        to that done by hand labor.
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  Machine \Ma*chine"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Machined; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Machining.]
     To subject to the action of machinery; to make, cut, shape,
     or modify with a machine; to effect by aid of machinery; to
     print with a printing machine.
     [1913 Webster]

  Machine \Ma*chine"\, n. [F., fr. L. machina machine, engine,
     device, trick, Gr. ?, from ? means, expedient. Cf.
     Mechanic.]
     1. In general, any combination of bodies so connected that
        their relative motions are constrained, and by means of
        which force and motion may be transmitted and modified, as
        a screw and its nut, or a lever arranged to turn about a
        fulcrum or a pulley about its pivot, etc.; especially, a
        construction, more or less complex, consisting of a
        combination of moving parts, or simple mechanical
        elements, as wheels, levers, cams, etc., with their
        supports and connecting framework, calculated to
        constitute a prime mover, or to receive force and motion
        from a prime mover or from another machine, and transmit,
        modify, and apply them to the production of some desired
        mechanical effect or work, as weaving by a loom, or the
        excitation of electricity by an electrical machine.
  
     Note: The term machine is most commonly applied to such
           pieces of mechanism as are used in the industrial arts,
           for mechanically shaping, dressing, and combining
           materials for various purposes, as in the manufacture
           of cloth, etc. Where the effect is chemical, or other
           than mechanical, the contrivance is usually denominated
           an apparatus, not a machine; as, a bleaching apparatus.
           Many large, powerful, or specially important pieces of
           mechanism are called engines; as, a steam engine, fire
           engine, graduating engine, etc. Although there is no
           well-settled distinction between the terms engine and
           machine among practical men, there is a tendency to
           restrict the application of the former to contrivances
           in which the operating part is not distinct from the
           motor.
  
     2. Any mechanical contrivance, as the wooden horse with which
        the Greeks entered Troy; a coach; a bicycle. --Dryden.
        --Southey. --Thackeray.
  
     3. A person who acts mechanically or at will of another.
  
     4. A combination of persons acting together for a common
        purpose, with the agencies which they use; as, the social
        machine.
  
              The whole machine of government ought not to bear
              upon the people with a weight so heavy and
              oppressive.                           --Landor.
  
     5. A political organization arranged and controlled by one or
        more leaders for selfish, private or partisan ends.
        [Political Cant]
  
     6. Supernatural agency in a poem, or a superhuman being
        introduced to perform some exploit. --Addison.
  
     Elementary machine, a name sometimes given to one of the
        simple mechanical powers. See under Mechanical.
  
     Infernal machine. See under Infernal.
  
     Machine gun.See under Gun.
  
     Machine screw, a screw or bolt adapted for screwing into
        metal, in distinction from one which is designed
        especially to be screwed into wood.
  
     Machine shop, a workshop where machines are made, or where
        metal is shaped by cutting, filing, turning, etc.
  
     Machine tool, a machine for cutting or shaping wood, metal,
        etc., by means of a tool; especially, a machine, as a
        lathe, planer, drilling machine, etc., designed for a more
        or less general use in a machine shop, in distinction from
        a machine for producing a special article as in
        manufacturing.
  
     Machine twist, silken thread especially adapted for use in
        a sewing machine.
  
     Machine work, work done by a machine, in contradistinction
        to that done by hand labor.

  Machine \Ma*chine"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Machined; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Machining.]
     To subject to the action of machinery; to effect by aid of
     machinery; to print with a printing machine.

  Molding \Mold"ing\, Moulding \Mould"ing\, p.a.
     Used in making a mold or moldings; used in shaping anything
     according to a pattern.
  
     Molding, or Moulding, board.
     (a) See Follow board, under Follow, v. t.
     (b) A board on which bread or pastry is kneaded and shaped.
         
  
     Molding, or Moulding, machine.
     (a) (Woodworking) A planing machine for making moldings. (
     b ) (Founding) A machine to assist in making molds for
       castings.
  
     Molding, or Moulding, mill, a mill for shaping timber.
  
     Molding, or Moulding, sand (Founding), a kind of sand
        containing clay, used in making molds.

  Electric \E*lec"tric\, Electrical \E*lec"tric*al\, a. [L.
     electrum amber, a mixed metal, Gr. ?; akin to ? the beaming
     sun, cf. Skr. arc to beam, shine: cf. F. ['e]lectrique. The
     name came from the production of electricity by the friction
     of amber.]
     1. Pertaining to electricity; consisting of, containing,
        derived from, or produced by, electricity; as, electric
        power or virtue; an electric jar; electric effects; an
        electric spark.
  
     2. Capable of occasioning the phenomena of electricity; as,
        an electric or electrical machine or substance.
  
     3. Electrifying; thrilling; magnetic. ``Electric Pindar.''
        --Mrs. Browning.
  
     Electric atmosphere, or Electric aura. See under Aura.
        
  
     Electrical battery. See Battery.
  
     Electrical brush. See under Brush.
  
     Electric cable. See Telegraph cable, under Telegraph.
        
  
     Electric candle. See under Candle.
  
     Electric cat (Zo["o]l.), one of three or more large species
        of African catfish of the genus Malapterurus (esp. M.
        electricus of the Nile). They have a large electrical
        organ and are able to give powerful shocks; -- called also
        sheathfish.
  
     Electric clock. See under Clock, and see
        Electro-chronograph.
  
     Electric current, a current or stream of electricity
        traversing a closed circuit formed of conducting
        substances, or passing by means of conductors from one
        body to another which is in a different electrical state.
        
  
     Electric, or Electrical, eel (Zo["o]l.), a South American
        eel-like fresh-water fish of the genus Gymnotus ({G.
        electricus), from two to five feet in length, capable of
        giving a violent electric shock. See Gymnotus.
  
     Electrical fish (Zo["o]l.), any fish which has an
        electrical organ by means of which it can give an
        electrical shock. The best known kinds are the torpedo,
        the gymnotus, or electrical eel, and the electric cat. See
        Torpedo, and Gymnotus.
  
     Electric fluid, the supposed matter of electricity;
        lightning.
  
     Electrical image (Elec.), a collection of electrical points
        regarded as forming, by an analogy with optical phenomena,
        an image of certain other electrical points, and used in
        the solution of electrical problems. --Sir W. Thomson.
  
     Electrical light, the light produced by a current of
        electricity which in passing through a resisting medium
        heats it to incandescence or burns it. See under Carbon.
        
  
     Electric, or Electrical, machine, an apparatus for
        generating, collecting, or exciting, electricity, as by
        friction.
  
     Electric motor. See Electro-motor, 2.
  
     Electric osmose. (Physics) See under Osmose.
  
     Electric pen, a hand pen for making perforated stencils for
        multiplying writings. It has a puncturing needle driven at
        great speed by a very small magneto-electric engine on the
        penhandle.
  
     Electric railway, a railway in which the machinery for
        moving the cars is driven by an electric current.
  
     Electric ray (Zo["o]l.), the torpedo.
  
     Electric telegraph. See Telegraph.

  machine
       n 1: any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or
            modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance
            of human tasks
       2: an intricate organization that accomplishes its goals
          efficiently; "the war machine"
       3: an efficient person; "the boxer was a magnificent fighting
          machine"
       4: 4-wheeled motor vehicle; usually propelled by an internal
          combustion engine; "he needs a car to get to work" [syn: car,
           auto, automobile, motorcar]
       5: a group that controls the activities of a political party;
          "he was endorsed by the Democratic machine" [syn: political
          machine]
       6: a device for overcoming resistance at one point by applying
          force at some other point [syn: simple machine]
       v 1: turn, shape, mold, or otherwise finish by machinery
       2: make by machinery; "The Americans were machining while
          others still hand-made cars"

  machine
     Γαλλικά n.
     η μηχανή

  machine
     French n.
     1 (l en machine), #English (rfclarify: fr)
     2 (lb fr slang) (l en machine) (gl: a person who is very efficient)
     Middle French n.
     (l en machine); device
     Walloon n.
     machine

  machine
     n.
     1 A device that directs and controls energy, often in the form of
  movement or electricity, to produce a certain effect.
     2 (lb en dated) A vehicle operated mechanically, such as an
  automobile or an airplane.
     3 (lb en telephony abbreviation) An answering machine or, by
  extension, voice mail.
     4 (lb en computing) A computer.
     5 (lb en figuratively) A person or organisation that seemingly acts
  like a machine, being particularly efficient, single-minded, or
  unemotional.
     6 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.
     7 (lb en poetry) Supernatural agency in a poem, or a superhuman being
  introduced to perform some exploit.
     8 (lb en politics chiefly US) The system of special interest groups
  that supports a political party, especially in urban areas.
     vb.
     1 To make by machinery.
     2 To shape or finish by machinery; (lb en usually, more specifically)
  to shape subtractively by metal-cutting with machine-controlled
  toolpaths.

  machine
     French n.
     1 (l en machine), #English (rfclarify: fr)
     2 (lb fr slang) (l en machine) (gl: a person who is very efficient)
     Middle French n.
     (l en machine); device

  machine
     French n.
     1 (l en machine), #English (rfclarify: fr)
     2 (lb fr slang) (l en machine) (gl: a person who is very efficient)
     Middle French n.
     (l en machine); device

  machine
     Hollanti n.
     kone
     Ranska n.
     kone

  machine
     Engelska n.
     maskin

  machine /məʃˈiːn/
  masjien

  Machine /məʃˈiːn/
  آلة

  machine //məˈʃin// //məˈʃiːn// 
  маши́на, машина
  mechanical or electrical device

  machine /məʃˈiːn/ 
  zpracovávat

  machine /məʃˈiːn/ 
  strojový

  machine /məʃˈiːn/
  strojní

  machine /məʃˈiːn/
  stroj

  machine /məʃˈiːn/ 
  peiriant 

  machine /məʃˈiːn/
  Kraftmaschine 
     Synonym: motor
  
   see: machines, motors
  

  machine /məʃˈiːn/
  Maschine 
        "electrical machines and devices"  - elektrische Maschinen und Anlagen
        "self-correcting machine"  - Maschine mit Autokorrekturfunktion
   see: machines, electrical machines
  

  machine /məʃˈiːn/
  
  μηχάνημα

  machine //məˈʃin// //məˈʃiːn// 
  1. automobiili
  archaic: vehicle, automobile
  2. koneisto
  group that controls an organization
  3. kone 2.
  mechanical or electrical device
   3.
  a person who is very proficient

  machine //məˈʃin// //məˈʃiːn// 
  koneistaa, työstää
  make by machine

  machine /məʃiːn/
  machine

  machine /məʃˈiːn/ 
  1. मशीन, कल, यंत्र
        "Why don't you buy a sewing machine?."

  machine /məʃˈiːn/
  alatni stroj, aparat, automat, automobil, avion, bicikl, fabricirati, mašina, oruđe, sprava, stroj, stroja

  machine /məʃˈiːn/
  gép

  machine //məˈʃin// //məˈʃiːn// 
  mesin
  mechanical or electrical device

  machine /məʃˈiːn/
  macchina

  machine //məˈʃin// //məˈʃiːn// 
  1. 機構
  group that controls an organization
  2. 機械, マシン, 器械
  mechanical or electrical device

  machine //məˈʃin// //məˈʃiːn// 
  機械加工する
  shape or finish by machinery

  machine /məʃiːn/
  machina

  machine /məʃiːn/
  1. mašina, separatorius
  2. automašina
  3. mechanizmas
  4. aparatas (valstybinis, organizacinis ir t. t.)
  5. mechaniškai apdorot
  6. siūti drabužius (siuvamąja mašina)
  7. mašininis

  machine /məʃiːn/
  machine

  machine //məˈʃin// //məˈʃiːn// 
  maskin
  mechanical or electrical device

  machine /məˈʃi:n/
  I.   1.  maszyna
   2.  aparat
  II.    obrabiać maszynowo, obrabiać
  III.  machine gun /məˈʃi:n gʌn/   karabin maszynowy

  machine /məʃiːn/
  máquina

  machine /məʃiːn/
  máquina

  machine /məʃiːn/
  машина

  machine //məˈʃin// //məˈʃiːn// 
  maskin 2.
  mechanical or electrical device
   3.
  a person who is very proficient

  machine /məʃˈiːn/ 
  
  mashine

  machine /məʃˈiːn/
  1. makina
  2. makina gibi çalışan herhangi bir şey
  3. motorlu araç, araba
  4. örgüt
  5. mekanizma
  6. politika çarkı
  7. makinayla ilgili
  8. makina ile yapılmış
  9. makina ile imal etmek veya şekil vermek. machine gun makinalı tüfek, mitralyöz. machine-made  makina işi. machine oil makina yağı. machine shop makina atölyesi
  10. tornacı dükkanı. machine tools torna ve planya gibi maki- nalar, imalat aletleri. machine work makina işi. knitting machine trikotaj makinası. sewing machine dikiş makinası.

  machine /maʃˈin/
  gwikefre (gwikefreoù /ɡwikfʁəˈu/), ardivink (ardivinkoù /aʁdivɛ̃kˈu/), mekanik (mekanikoù /məkanikˈu/)

  machine /maʃˈin/
  ijin (ijinoù /iʒinˈu/), ijinenn (ijinennoù /iʒinɛnˈu/)

  machine /ma.ʃin/ 
  машина

  machine /ma.ʃin/ 
  Maschine 2.
  (Industrie) Engin mécanique motorisé destiné à la production
   3.
  (Énergie) Engin destiné à transformer une source d'énergie
   4.
  Engin, instrument propre à faire mouvoir, à tirer, lever, traîner
   5.
  (Agriculture) Engin destiné au travaux de l'agriculture

  machine /ma.ʃin/ 
  μηχάνημα, μηχανή
  Engin, instrument propre à faire mouvoir, à tirer, lever, traîner

  machine /maʃin/ 
  engine, machine

  machine /ma.ʃin/ 
  kone 2.
  (Industrie) Engin mécanique motorisé destiné à la production
   3.
  (Énergie) Engin destiné à transformer une source d'énergie
   4.
  Engin, instrument propre à faire mouvoir, à tirer, lever, traîner

  machine /ma.ʃin/ 
  macchina 2.
  (Industrie) Engin mécanique motorisé destiné à la production
   3.
  (Énergie) Engin destiné à transformer une source d'énergie
   4.
  Engin, instrument propre à faire mouvoir, à tirer, lever, traîner

  machine /ma.ʃin/ 
  機械, 機関

  machine /ma.ʃin/ 
  machina

  machine /ma.ʃin/ 
  mašina 2.
  (Industrie) Engin mécanique motorisé destiné à la production
   3.
  (Militaire) machines de guerre
   4.
  (Énergie) Engin destiné à transformer une source d'énergie
   5.
  Engin, instrument propre à faire mouvoir, à tirer, lever, traîner

  machine /maʃin/
  machine

  machine /ma.ʃin/ 
  maszyna 2.
  (Industrie) Engin mécanique motorisé destiné à la production
   3.
  (Énergie) Engin destiné à transformer une source d'énergie
   4.
  Engin, instrument propre à faire mouvoir, à tirer, lever, traîner

  machine /ma.ʃin/ 
  máquina 2.
  (Industrie) Engin mécanique motorisé destiné à la production
   3.
  (Énergie) Engin destiné à transformer une source d'énergie
   4.
  Engin, instrument propre à faire mouvoir, à tirer, lever, traîner

  machine /ma.ʃin/ 
  1. машина
  2. механизм
  Engin, instrument propre à faire mouvoir, à tirer, lever, traîner

  machine /ma.ʃin/ 
  máquina 2.
  (Industrie) Engin mécanique motorisé destiné à la production
   3.
  (Énergie) Engin destiné à transformer une source d'énergie
   4.
  Engin, instrument propre à faire mouvoir, à tirer, lever, traîner

  machine /ma.ʃin/ 
  maskin 2.
  (Industrie) Engin mécanique motorisé destiné à la production
   3.
  (Énergie) Engin destiné à transformer une source d'énergie
   4.
  Engin, instrument propre à faire mouvoir, à tirer, lever, traîner

  machine /maʃˈin/ 
  makine, makina

  machine //mɑˈʃinə// 
  Машината, машина

  machine /mɑʃinə/
  Maschine 

  machine //mɑˈʃinə// 
  μηχανή

  machine /mɑʃinə/
  engine, machine

  machine //mɑˈʃinə// 
  kone

  machine /mɑʃinə/
  machine

  machine //mɑˈʃinə// 
  macchina

  machine //mɑˈʃinə// 
  machina

  machine //mɑˈʃinə// 
  mašina

  machine //mɑˈʃinə// 
  maszyna

  machine //mɑˈʃinə// 
  máquina

  machine //mɑˈʃinə// 
  машина, маши́на

  machine //mɑˈʃinə// 
  máquina

  machine //mɑˈʃinə// 
  maskin

  
/məˈʃin/

  
/maʃin/

  
/maʃin/

  MACHINE. A contrivance which serves to apply or regulate moving power; or it 
  is a tool more or less complicated, which is used to render useful natural 
  instruments, Clef. des Lois Rom. h.t. 
       2. The act of congress gives to inventors the right to obtain a patent 
  right for any new and useful improvement on any art, machine, manufacture, 
  &c. Act of congress, July 4, 1836, s. 6. See Pet. C. C. 394; 3 Wash. C. C. 
  443; 1 Wash. C. C. 108; 1 Wash. C. C. 168; 1 Mason, 447; Paine, 300; 4 Wash. 
  C. C. 538; 1 How. U. S., 202; S. C. 17 Pet. 228; 2 McLean, 176. 
  
  

  186 Moby Thesaurus words for "machine":
     American Party, Anti-Monopoly Party, Bull Moose Party, Bund,
     Communist Party, Composaline, Conservative Party,
     Constitutional Union Party, Democratic Party,
     Democratic-Republican Party, Diatype, Ditto, Elrod,
     Farmer-Labor Party, Federalist Party, Fotomatic, Fotosetter,
     Fototronic, Free Soil Party, Greenback Party, Intertype,
     Know-Nothing Party, Labour Party, Liberal Party,
     Liberal Republican Party, Liberty Party, Linotype, Monotype,
     Multigraph, National Republican Party, Photon, Populist Party,
     Progressive Party, Prohibition Party, Republican Party,
     Rochdale cooperative, Socialist Labor Party, Socialist Party,
     Socialist Workers Party, Tammany Hall, Teletype, Tory Party,
     Whig Party, Zip, addressing machine, alembic, alliance, anvil,
     apparatus, appliance, assemblage, association, auto, autocar,
     automaton, automobile, axis, band, bloc, boat, body, buggy, bus,
     cabal, caldron, camp, car, carve, chisel, city hall, clique,
     coalition, college, combination, combine, common market,
     confederacy, confederation, consumer cooperative, contraption,
     contrivance, convenience, convert, cooperative,
     cooperative society, corps, council, crate, credit union, crucible,
     cultivate, customs union, device, drive, duplicator,
     economic community, engine, enginery, extract, facility, faction,
     federation, fixture, free trade area, gadget, gang, gizmo, golem,
     group, grouping, grow, harvest, heap, hectograph, implement,
     instrument, jalopy, lathe, league, machinery, major party, make,
     manufacture, mechanical aid, mechanical device, mechanism,
     mechanize, melting pot, mill, mimeograph, mine, minor party, mob,
     mortar, motive power, motor, motor vehicle, motorcar, motorize,
     motorized vehicle, multiple party system, one-party system,
     opposition party, organization, partnership, party, party in power,
     phototypesetter, political machine, political party, power plant,
     power source, prime mover, process, pump, raise, rear, refine,
     retool, retort, ring, shape, sharpen, smelt, society,
     splinter party, stock ticker, system, teleprinter, teletypewriter,
     test tube, third party, ticker, tool, transducer, transformer, tub,
     two-party system, typewriter, union, utensil, utility, vehicle,
     voiture, wheels, wreck
  
  

  n. 机器,机械装置,机械般工作的人;
  v. 以机器制造;

     n. 机器,机械装置,机构,设计,机械般工作的人
     vt. 以机器制造