Dictionary    Maps    Thesaurus    Translate    Advanced >   


Tip: Click Thesaurus above for synonyms. Also, follow synonym links within the dictionary to find definitions from other sources.

No results could be found matching the exact term machine-oriented.
Try one of these suggestions:
machine  machine-oriented  machiner  machine-readable  machinery  masonry  mechanurgy  mesmeree  mesmeric  mesmerical  mesmerise  mesmerism  mesmerist  mesmerization  mesmerize  mesmerized  mesmerizer  mesmerizing  mesomorphic  migniard  migniardise  mismark  misnurture  missionaries  missionary  missioner  mucuna  mahogany-red  make  mass  mass-energy  meissner  mesmer  mesmerised  mesoamerica  mesoamerican  mesomorph  mesomorphy  michener  mismarry  miss  mchenry  mchenry,  mcnairy  mcnairy,  mack  mcmurray  mcmurray,  mcnary  mcnary,  mission, 

Consider searching for the individual words machine, or oriented.
Dictionary Results for machine:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
machine
    n 1: any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or
         modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of
         human tasks
    2: an efficient person; "the boxer was a magnificent fighting
       machine"
    3: an intricate organization that accomplishes its goals
       efficiently; "the war machine"
    4: a device for overcoming resistance at one point by applying
       force at some other point [syn: machine, simple machine]
    5: a group that controls the activities of a political party;
       "he was endorsed by the Democratic machine" [syn: machine,
       political machine]
    6: a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an
       internal combustion engine; "he needs a car to get to work"
       [syn: car, auto, automobile, machine, motorcar]
    v 1: turn, shape, mold, or otherwise finish by machinery
    2: make by machinery; "The Americans were machining while others
       still hand-made cars"

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Machine \Ma*chine"\ (m[.a]*sh[=e]n"), n. [F., fr. L. machina
   machine, engine, device, trick, Gr. mhchanh`, from mh^chos
   means, expedient. Cf. Mechanic.]
   1. In general, any combination of bodies so connected that
      their relative motions are constrained, and by means of
      which force and motion may be transmitted and modified, as
      a screw and its nut, or a lever arranged to turn about a
      fulcrum or a pulley about its pivot, etc.; especially, a
      construction, more or less complex, consisting of a
      combination of moving parts, or simple mechanical
      elements, as wheels, levers, cams, etc., with their
      supports and connecting framework, calculated to
      constitute a prime mover, or to receive force and motion
      from a prime mover or from another machine, and transmit,
      modify, and apply them to the production of some desired
      mechanical effect or work, as weaving by a loom, or the
      excitation of electricity by an electrical machine.
      [1913 Webster]

   Note: The term machine is most commonly applied to such
         pieces of mechanism as are used in the industrial arts,
         for mechanically shaping, dressing, and combining
         materials for various purposes, as in the manufacture
         of cloth, etc. Where the effect is chemical, or other
         than mechanical, the contrivance is usually denominated
         an apparatus or device, not a machine; as, a bleaching
         apparatus. Many large, powerful, or specially important
         pieces of mechanism are called engines; as, a steam
         engine, fire engine, graduating engine, etc. Although
         there is no well-settled distinction between the terms
         engine and machine among practical men, there is a
         tendency to restrict the application of the former to
         contrivances in which the operating part is not
         distinct from the motor.
         [1913 Webster]

   2. Any mechanical contrivance, as the wooden horse with which
      the Greeks entered Troy; a coach; a bicycle. --Dryden.
      --Southey. --Thackeray.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. A person who acts mechanically or at the will of another.
      [1913 Webster]

   4. A combination of persons acting together for a common
      purpose, with the agencies which they use; as, the social
      machine.
      [1913 Webster]

            The whole machine of government ought not to bear
            upon the people with a weight so heavy and
            oppressive.                           --Landor.
      [1913 Webster]

   5. A political organization arranged and controlled by one or
      more leaders for selfish, private or partisan ends; the
      Tammany machine. [Political Cant]
      [1913 Webster]

   6. Supernatural agency in a poem, or a superhuman being
      introduced to perform some exploit. --Addison.
      [1913 Webster]

   Elementary machine, a name sometimes given to one of the
      simple mechanical powers. See under Mechanical.

   Infernal machine. See under Infernal.

   Machine gun.See under Gun.

   Machine screw, a screw or bolt adapted for screwing into
      metal, in distinction from one which is designed
      especially to be screwed into wood.

   Machine shop, a workshop where machines are made, or where
      metal is shaped by cutting, filing, turning, etc.

   Machine tool, a machine for cutting or shaping wood, metal,
      etc., by means of a tool; especially, a machine, as a
      lathe, planer, drilling machine, etc., designed for a more
      or less general use in a machine shop, in distinction from
      a machine for producing a special article as in
      manufacturing.

   Machine twist, silken thread especially adapted for use in
      a sewing machine.

   Machine work, work done by a machine, in contradistinction
      to that done by hand labor.
      [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Machine \Ma*chine"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Machined
   (m[.a]*sh[=e]nd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Machining.]
   To subject to the action of machinery; to make, cut, shape,
   or modify with a machine; to effect by aid of machinery; to
   print with a printing machine.
   [1913 Webster]

4. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018)
machine

   Common term for "computer", usually when considered at the
   hardware level.  The Turing Machine, an early example of
   this usage, was however neither hardware nor software, but
   only an idea.

   [Earlier use?]

   (1995-02-15)


5. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
MACHINE. A contrivance which serves to apply or regulate moving power; or it 
is a tool more or less complicated, which is used to render useful natural 
instruments, Clef. des Lois Rom. h.t. 
     2. The act of congress gives to inventors the right to obtain a patent 
right for any new and useful improvement on any art, machine, manufacture, 
&c. Act of congress, July 4, 1836, s. 6. See Pet. C. C. 394; 3 Wash. C. C. 
443; 1 Wash. C. C. 108; 1 Wash. C. C. 168; 1 Mason, 447; Paine, 300; 4 Wash. 
C. C. 538; 1 How. U. S., 202; S. C. 17 Pet. 228; 2 McLean, 176. 



Common Misspellings >
Most Popular Searches: Define Misanthrope, Define Pulchritudinous, Define Happy, Define Veracity, Define Cornucopia, Define Almuerzo, Define Atresic, Define URL, Definitions Of Words, Definition Of Get Up, Definition Of Quid Pro Quo, Definition Of Irreconcilable Differences, Definition Of Word, Synonyms of Repetitive, Synonym Dictionary, Synonym Antonyms. See our main index and map index for more details.

©2011-2024 ZebraWords.com - Define Yourself - The Search for Meanings and Meaning Means I Mean. All content subject to terms and conditions as set out here. Contact Us, peruse our Privacy Policy