different between equipment vs mechanism
equipment
English
Etymology
From equip +? -ment, or from French équipement.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??kw?pm?nt/
Noun
equipment (usually uncountable, plural equipments)
- The act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition.
- (Can we date this quote?) David Hume:
- The equipment of the fleet was hastened by De Witt.
- (Can we date this quote?) David Hume:
- Whatever is used in equipping something or someone, for example things needed for an expedition or voyage.
- 1851, Henry Longfellow, The Golden Legend
- Armed and dight, In the equipments of a knight.
- 1851, Henry Longfellow, The Golden Legend
Derived terms
Related terms
- equip
Translations
equipment From the web:
- what equipment is needed to play badminton
- what equipment is required to be on a trailer
- what equipment is needed for a podcast
- what equipment do i need to stream
- what equipment is required on a snowmobile in wisconsin
- what equipment does medicare pay for
- what equipment is at planet fitness
- what equipment is needed to start a podcast
mechanism
English
Etymology
From Latin mechanismus, from Greek ?????? (m?khan?, “machine”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m?k?n?zm/
Noun
mechanism (countable and uncountable, plural mechanisms)
- (within a machine or machinery) Any mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion, or the transmission or control of power.
- Any combination of cams, gears, links, belts, chains and logical mechanical elements.
- A group of entities, such as objects, that interact together.
- A mental, physical, or chemical process.
- Any process of, or system designed to manage useful energy conversion.
- (philosophy) The theory that all natural phenomena can be explained by physical causes.
Derived terms
- defense mechanism, defence mechanism
- reaction mechanism
Translations
mechanism From the web:
- what mechanisms assist venous return
- what mechanism is responsible for the process of extinction
- what mechanism can cause hypernatremia
- what mechanism of microevolution is at work in this example
- what are the 3 mechanisms that assist in venous return
- what are the 2 venous return mechanisms
- what mechanisms assist venous return to the heart
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