mechanism

As nouns the difference between mechanism and watchcase

is that mechanism is within a machine or machinery; any mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion, or the transmission or control of power while watchcase is the casing that holds the mechanism of a watch.

As nouns the difference between mechanism and linkwork

is that mechanism is within a machine or machinery; any mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion, or the transmission or control of power while linkwork is a fabric made from linked pieces of metal.

As nouns the difference between mechanism and snaplock

is that mechanism is within a machine or machinery; any mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion, or the transmission or control of power while snaplock is a mechanism for firing a gun that ignites the propellant by means of sparks produced when a spring-powered cock strikes a flint down on to a piece of hardened steel.

As a noun mechanism

is within a machine or machinery; any mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion, or the transmission or control of power.

As an adjective multimechanistic is

operating through multiple mechanisms.

As nouns the difference between mechanism and misfeed

is that mechanism is within a machine or machinery; any mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion, or the transmission or control of power while misfeed is a fault in a mechanical feed mechanism (in the paper pick-up of a printer, for example).

As a verb misfeed is

to feed incorrectly, as for example with the wrong foodstuff.

As nouns the difference between mechanism and valvetrain

is that mechanism is within a machine or machinery; any mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion, or the transmission or control of power while valvetrain is the collective mechanisms and parts that control the operation of the valves in an internal combustion engine.

As nouns the difference between mechanism and bioacoustics

is that mechanism is within a machine or machinery; any mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion, or the transmission or control of power while bioacoustics is a cross-disciplinary science that combines biology and acoustics, investigating for instance the mechanisms of sound production and detection.

As nouns the difference between mechanism and photobeam

is that mechanism is within a machine or machinery; any mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion, or the transmission or control of power while photobeam is a beam of light whose interruption triggers a warning or a mechanism (such as a door).

Mechanism is a related term of mechanist.

As nouns the difference between mechanism and mechanist

is that mechanism is within a machine or machinery; any mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion, or the transmission or control of power while mechanist is a person who takes a mechanical view.

As nouns the difference between mechanism and microkernel

is that mechanism is within a machine or machinery; any mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion, or the transmission or control of power while microkernel is (computing) a minimal operating system kernel offering basic mechanisms rather than abstract services.