different between processus vs mechanism

English

Etymology

Latin pr?cessus

Noun

processus (plural processus)

1. A process, or projecting part.

Anagrams

• corpusses

French

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin pr?cessus (“process, progression”). Doublet of procès, another borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??.s?.sys/

Noun

processus m (plural processus)

1. a process

Derived terms

• processus léger

Further reading

• “processus” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of pr?c?d? (“advance, proceed”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pro??kes.sus/, [p?o??k?s???s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pro?t??es.sus/, [p???t???s?us]

Participle

pr?cessus (feminine pr?cessa, neuter pr?cessum); first/second-declension participle

1. advanced, having been advanced

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Noun

pr?cessus m (genitive pr?cess?s); fourth declension

1. A course, progression, progress, process, advance.
2. (by extension) An elapsing, passing away, lapse.

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Derived terms

• processio

Descendants

References

• processus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• processus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• processus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• processus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• processus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

English

Etymology

From Latin mechanismus, from Greek ?????? (m?khan?, “machine”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?k?n?zm/

Noun

mechanism (countable and uncountable, plural mechanisms)

1. (within a machine or machinery) Any mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion, or the transmission or control of power.
2. Any combination of cams, gears, links, belts, chains and logical mechanical elements.
3. A group of entities, such as objects, that interact together.

4. A mental, physical, or chemical process.
5. Any process of, or system designed to manage useful energy conversion.
6. (philosophy) The theory that all natural phenomena can be explained by physical causes.

Derived terms

• defense mechanism, defence mechanism
• reaction mechanism

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