n. | 1. | Machines, in general, or collectively. |
2. | The working parts of a machine, engine, or instrument; | |
3. | The supernatural means by which the action of a poetic or fictitious work is carried on and brought to a catastrophe; in an extended sense, the contrivances by which the crises and conclusion of a fictitious narrative, in prose or verse, are effected. | |
4. | The means and appliances by which anything is kept in action or a desired result is obtained; a complex system of parts adapted to a purpose. |
Noun | 1. | ![]() |
2. | machinery - a system of means and activities whereby a social institution functions; "the complex machinery of negotiation"; "the machinery of command labored and brought forth an order" |