Production vs Mechanism - What's the difference?
production | mechanism |
The act of producing, making or creating something.
The act of bringing something forward, out etc. for use or consideration.
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the act of being produced
the total amount produced
the presentation of a theatrical work
an occasion or activity made more complicated than necessary
that which is manufactured or is ready for manufacturing in volume (as opposed to a prototype or conceptual model)
The act of lengthening out or prolonging.
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.
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A group of objects or parts that interact together. (as in Political machine )
A mental, physical or chemical process.
(philosophy) A theory that all natural phenomena can be explained by physical causes.
As nouns the difference between production and mechanism
is that production is the act of producing, making or creating something while mechanism is within a machine or machinery; any mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion, or the transmission or control of power.production
English
Noun
(en noun)- The widget making machine is being used for production now.
- I tramped to a neighbouring market-town, and, late as the hour was, the production of a few shillings procured me supper and a night's lodging in a cheap coffee-house.
- The widgets are coming out of production now.
- They hope to increase spaghetti production next year.
- We went to a production of Hamlet.
- He made a simple meal into a huge production .
- This is the final production model.
Derived terms
* production linemechanism
English
Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism —known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning takes place.}}