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Chime :: Chime (n.) A set of bells musically tuned to each other; specif., in the pl., the music performed on such a set of bells by hand, or produced by mechanism to accompany the striking of the hours or their divisions..

Self-acting :: Self-acting (a.) Acting of or by one's self or by itself; -- said especially of a machine or mechanism which is made to perform of or for itself what is usually done by human agency; automatic; as, a self-acting feed apparatus; a self-acting mule; a self-acting press..

Unmechanize :: Unmechanize (v. t.) To undo the mechanism of; to unmake; as, to unmechanize a structure..

Gimmor :: Gimmor (n.) A piece of mechanism; mechanical device or contrivance; a gimcrack.

Mainspring :: Mainspring (n.) The principal or most important spring in a piece of mechanism, especially the moving spring of a watch or clock or the spring in a gunlock which impels the hammer. Hence: The chief or most powerful motive; the efficient cause of action..

Racktail :: Racktail (n.) An arm attached to a swinging notched arc or rack, to let off the striking mechanism of a repeating clock..

Key :: Key (n.) That part of a mechanism which serves to lock up, make fast, or adjust to position..

Apparatus :: Apparatus (n.) Hence: A full collection or set of implements, or utensils, for a given duty, experimental or operative; any complex instrument or appliance, mechanical or chemical, for a specific action or operation; machinery; mechanism..

Movement :: Movement (n.) A system of mechanism for transmitting motion of a definite character, or for transforming motion; as, the wheelwork of a watch..

Work :: Work (n.) The moving parts of a mechanism; as, the works of a watch..

Harmonize :: Harmonize (v. i.) To agree in action, adaptation, or effect on the mind; to agree in sense or purport; as, the parts of a mechanism harmonize..

Link :: Link (n.) Any one of the several elementary pieces of a mechanism, as the fixed frame, or a rod, wheel, mass of confined liquid, etc., by which relative motion of other parts is produced and constrained..

Mechanism :: Mechanism (n.) An ideal machine; a combination of movable bodies constituting a machine, but considered only with regard to relative movements..

Key :: Key (n.) An instrument which is turned like a key in fastening or adjusting any mechanism; as, a watch key; a bed key, etc..

Stench :: Stem-winding (a.) Wound by mechanism connected with the stem; as, a stem-winding watch..

Limb :: Limb (n.) An elementary piece of the mechanism of a lock.

Rackwork :: Rackwork (n.) Any mechanism having a rack, as a rack and pinion..

Vasomotor :: Vasomotor (a.) Causing movement in the walls of vessels; as, the vasomotor mechanisms; the vasomotor nerves, a system of nerves distributed over the muscular coats of the blood vessels..

Damper :: Damper (n.) That which damps or checks; as: (a) A valve or movable plate in the flue or other part of a stove, furnace, etc., used to check or regulate the draught of air. (b) A contrivance, as in a pianoforte, to deaden vibrations; or, as in other pieces of mechanism, to check some action at a particular time..

Pair :: Pair (n.) In a mechanism, two elements, or bodies, which are so applied to each other as to mutually constrain relative motion..

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