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< French machinerie (“‘machinery’”) < machine (“‘machine’”); see machine.
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Machinery (machineries)
- The machines constituting a production apparatus, in a plant etc., collectively.
- The working parts of a machine as a group.
- The collective parts of something which allow it to function.
- (figuratively) The literary devices used in a work, notably for dramatic effect
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machines constituting a production apparatus
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working parts of a machine as a group
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collective parts of something which allow it to function
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External links[]
- Machinery in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- Machinery in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
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