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Telemechanism
Telemechanic Tel`e*me*chan"ic, a. [Gr. th^le far + mechanic.] Designating, or pert. to, any device for operating mechanisms at a distance. -- Tel`e*mech"a*nism, n.

Meaning of mechanism from wikipedia

- Look up mechanism in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Mechanism may refer to: Mechanism (engineering), rigid bodies connected by joints in order to accomplish...
- The Antikythera mechanism (/ˌæntɪˈkɪθɪərə/ AN-tih-KIH-ther-ə) is an Ancient Gr**** hand-powered orrery (model of the Solar System), described as the oldest...
- In psychoanalytic theory, a defence mechanism (American English: defense mechanism) is an unconscious psychological operation that functions to protect...
- a reaction mechanism is the step by step sequence of elementary reactions by which overall chemical reaction occurs. A chemical mechanism is a theoretical...
- mechanisms appeared in China at around 600 BC in the form of a crossbow trigger-mechanism with a cam-shaped swing arm. However, the trigger mechanism...
- The kappa opacity mechanism is the driving mechanism behind the changes in luminosity of many types of pulsating variable stars. The term Eddington valve...
- In mechanical engineering, a compliant mechanism is a flexible mechanism that achieves force and motion transmission through elastic body deformation...
- In cultural anthropology, a leveling mechanism is a practice in some non-Western cultures that acts to ensure social equality, usually by shaming or humbling...
- A scissors mechanism uses linked, folding supports in a criss-cross 'X' pattern. The scissor mechanism is a mechanical linkage system used to create vertical...
- the Higgs mechanism is essential to explain the generation mechanism of the property "m****" for gauge bosons. Without the Higgs mechanism, all bosons...