Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for MECH'AN-ISM
MECH'AN-ISM, n.
- The construction of a machine, engine or instrument, intended to apply power to a useful purpose; the structure of parts, or manner in which the parts of a machine are united to answer its design.
- Action of a machine, according to the laws of mechanics.
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