different between machinery vs materials
machinery
English
Etymology
From French machinerie (“machinery”), from machine (“machine”); see machine.
Pronunciation
- enPR: m?-sh?'n?-r?, IPA(key): /m???i?n??i/
- Rhymes: -i?n??i
Noun
machinery (countable and uncountable, plural 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.
- All of the machinery of the law was brought to bear on the investigation.
- (figuratively) The literary devices used in a work, notably for dramatic effect
Derived terms
- heavy machinery
- political machinery
Related terms
- machinist
Translations
Further reading
- machinery in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- machinery in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- hemicrany
machinery From the web:
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materials
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /m??t??i.?lz/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /m??t?????lz/
- Hyphenation: ma?te?ri?als
Noun
materials
- plural of material
Derived terms
Verb
materials
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of material
Anagrams
- Armalites, mare's tail, mare's-tail
Catalan
Adjective
materials
- plural of material
Noun
materials
- plural of material
Swedish
Noun
materials
- indefinite genitive singular of material
- indefinite genitive plural of material
materials From the web:
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- what materials can be recycled
- what materials protect against radiation
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