Machine

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Etymology

From Middle French machine < Latin machina (“‘a machine, engine, contrivance, device, stratagem, trick’”) < Ancient Greek μαχανά (makhana), Doric spelling of μηχανή (mēkhanē), “‘a machine, engine, contrivance, device’”) < μῆχος (mēkhos), “‘means’”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /məˈʃiːn/ SAMPA: /m@"Si:n/

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Noun

Singular Machine

Plural {{{1}}}

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1. A mechanical or electrical device that performs or assists in the performance of human tasks, or is used for amusement (like a pinball machine).
2. The group that controls a political or similar organization.
3. (archaic) A vehicle operated mechanically; an automobile.
4. (figuratively) A person or organisation that seemingly acts like a machine, being particularly efficient, single-minded, or unemotional.

   Bruce Campbell was a "demon-killing machine" because he made quick work of killing demons.

   The government has become a money-making machine.

5. (telephony, abbreviation) answering machine or, by extension, voice mail.

   I called you earlier, but all I got was the machine.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:machine

Derived terms

Derived terms

finite state machine jet machine machinist machine bolt machine code machine gun, machine-gun

machine language machine-made machine-readable machine screw machine shop machine tool machine translation simple machine

Related terms

• deus ex machina
• machinate
• machination
• machinery
• mechanic
• mechanical
• mechanism
• mechanistic

Translations

mechanical or electrical device

Afrikaans: [[masjien#Template:Af|masjien]] af(af) Arabic: آلة ar(ar) f. Bulgarian: машина bg(bg) (mašína) f. Czech: stroj cs(cs) m. Danish: maskine da(da) c. Finnish: kone fi(fi) French: machine fr(fr) German: Maschine de(de) f. Greek: μηχανή el(el) (mikhaní) f., μηχανισμός el(el) (mikhanismós) m., μηχάνημα el(el) (mikhanima) n. Hebrew: מכונה he(he) (m'khoná) f. Hungarian: gép hu(hu), szerkezet hu(hu), masina hu(hu)

Indonesian: mesin id(id) Persian: ماشین fa(fa) Portuguese: máquina pt(pt) f. Romanian: maşină ro(ro) f. Romansch: maschina rm(rm) f., (Sutsilvan) maschegna rm(rm) f. Russian: машина ru(ru) (mašína) f., механизм ru(ru) (m'exanízm) m. Scottish Gaelic: inneal gd(gd) m. Slovak: stroj sk(sk) m. Turkish: makine tr(tr) Urdu: آلہ ur(ur) Vietnamese: [[máy#Template:Vi|máy]] vi(vi) Welsh: [[peiriant#Template:Cy|peiriant]] cy(cy)

group that controls an organization

Finnish: koneisto fi(fi)

Russian: машина ru(ru) (mašína) f., аппарат ru(ru) (apparát) m.

archaic: vehicle, automobile

Czech: mašina cs(cs) f. Finnish: automobiili fi(fi) Hungarian: masina hu(hu)

Russian: машина ru(ru) (mašína) f. Slovak: mašina sk(sk) f.

a person who is very proficient

Czech: stroj cs(cs) m. Finnish: kone fi(fi) Portuguese: máquina pt(pt) f.

Russian: машина ru(ru) (mašína) f. Slovak: stroj sk(sk) m.

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Arabic: آلة (’ālla) f. Chinese: 机器, 機器 (jīqì) Dutch: machine nl(nl) f. Esperanto: maŝino eo(eo) Faroese: maskina f. French: machine fr(fr) f. German: Maschine de(de) f. (1,3,4) Icelandic: vél is(is) Ido: mashino Italian: macchina it(it) f. Japanese: 機械 (きかい, kikai), 機構 (きこう, kikō), 組織 (そしき, soshiki)

Korean: 기계 (gigye) Kurdish: makîne ku(ku) f., مه‌کینه‌ Latin: machina la(la) f. Latvian: mašīna f. Lower Sorbian: mašina f. Malayalam: യന്ത്രം (yanthram) Norwegian: maskin no(no) m. Polish: maszyna pl(pl) f. Serbian: stroj sr(sr) m. Slovene: stroj m. (1,4) Spanish: máquina es(es) f. Swedish: maskin sv(sv) c. Taos: mąkìno’óna Telugu: యంత్రం (yantram) Yiddish: מאַשין yi(yi) (mashin) f.

Verb

Infinitive to Machine

Third person singular machines

Simple past machined

Past participle -

Present participle machining

to Machine (third-person singular simple present machines, present participle machining, simple past and past participle machined)

1. to make by machinery.
2. to shape or finish by machinery.

Translations

Translations

Finnish: koneistaa, työstää German: herstellen (1), maschinisieren (2)

Greek: επεξεργάζομαι μηχανικά el(el) (epeksergázome mikhaniká) Japanese: 機械加工する (kikai kakou suru)

External links

• Machine in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• Machine in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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Noun

Machine f. (plural machines, diminutive machientje or machinetje, diminutive plural machientjes or machinetjes)

1. machine

Derived terms

• naaimachine
• schrijfmachine

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Noun

Machine f. (plural Machines)

1. machine

Related terms

• machinal
• machiner
• machinisme
• machiniste
• mécanique

Anagrams

• acehimn,
• chemina

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