Definitions
the technical aspects of doing something
Word origin
Learned borrowing from New Latin mechanismus.
Used in a sentence
“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.”
“A site that carried [sexually explicit] material, but that gated it off from children through credit cards or other mechanisms to verify the age of the user, would have an acceptable defense under the act.”
“Whatever the mechanism, attempts to starve the beast through revenue shortages somehow seem to make the beast all the more voracious.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“working parts”9 letters
02“Working system”9 letters
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