- Look up
mechanism in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Mechanism may
refer to:
Mechanism (economics), a set of
rules for a game
designed to
achieve a certain...
- The
Antikythera mechanism (/ˌæntɪkɪˈθɪərə/ AN-tik-ih-THEER-ə, US also /ˌæntaɪkɪˈ-/ AN-ty-kih-) is an
Ancient Gr**** hand-powered
orrery (model of the Solar...
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Mechanism design (sometimes
implementation theory or
institution design) is a
branch of
economics and game theory. It
studies how to
construct rules—called...
- The
kappa opacity mechanism is the
driving mechanism behind the
changes in
luminosity of many
types of
pulsating variable stars. The term
Eddington valve...
- A whippletree, or whiffletree, is a
mechanism to
distribute force evenly through linkages. It is also
referred to as an equalizer,
leader bar, or double...
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social mechanisms and
mechanism-based
explanations of
social phenomena originate from the
philosophy of science. The core
thinking behind the
mechanism approach...
- In
psychoanalytic theory,
defence mechanisms are
unconscious psychological processes that
protect the self from anxiety-producing
thoughts and feelings...
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Algorithmic mechanism design (AMD) lies at the
intersection of
economic game theory, optimization, and
computer science. The
prototypical problem in
mechanism design...
- In pharmacology, the term
mechanism of
action (MOA)
refers to the
specific biochemical interaction through which a drug
substance produces its pharmacological...
- In
mechanical engineering, a
compliant mechanism is a
flexible mechanism that
achieves force and
motion transmission through elastic body deformation...
