machine
Sistem
Borrowed from Middle French machine, from Latinski māchina (“a machine, engine, contrivance, device, stratagem, trick”), from Doric Greek μᾱχᾰνᾱ́ (mākhanā́), cognate with Attic Greek μηχᾰνή (mēkhanḗ, “a machine, engine, contrivance, device”), from which comes mechanical.
Noun
machine (plural machines)
- A device that directs and controls energy, often in the form of movement or electricity, to produce a certain effect.
- 2013 jun 1, “A better waterworks”, in The Economist[1], volume 407, number 8838, page 5 (Technology Quarterly):
- An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine.
- (dated) A vehicle operated mechanically, such as an automobile or an airplane.
- 1914 July, F. Britten Austin, “The Air-Scout”, in The Strand Magazine, volume XLVIII, London: George Newnes, Ltd., page 568:
- As the aviator turned his machine to reconnoitre in the new direction, he was surprised to see the hostile aeroplane between him and his objective.
- 1928, Franklin W. Dixon, The Missing Chums, Grosset & Dunlap, page 1:
- "Joe, how soon will you be ready to roll?" Frank Hardy burst into the garage where his brother was working on a sleek, black-and-silver motorcycle. "Right now, if this machine kicks over," Joe replied, putting down a wrench.
- (telephony, abbreviation) An answering machine or, by extension, voice mail.
- I called you earlier, but all I got was the machine.
- (computing) A computer.
- Game developers assume they're pushing the limits of the machine.
- He refuses to turn off his Linux machine.
- (figurative) A person or organisation that seemingly acts like a machine, being particularly efficient, single-minded, or unemotional.
- Bruce Campbell was a "demon-killing machine" because he made quick work of killing demons.
- The government has become a money-making machine.
- Especially, the group that controls a political or similar organization; a combination of persons acting together for a common purpose, with the agencies which they use.
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- The whole machine of government ought not to bear upon the people with a weight so heavy and oppressive.
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- Supernatural agency in a poem, or a superhuman being introduced to perform some exploit.
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- (politics, chiefly US) The system of special interest groups that supports a political party, especially in urban areas.
- 1902, The Friend
- A machine politician cannot see why the straight ticket (as be and his clique of party bosses prepare it) should not be voted by every citizen belonging to that party.
- 2006, Jerry F. Hough, Changing Party Coalitions: The Mystery of the Red State-blue State Alignment, Algora Publishing →ISBN 9780875864082, page 37
- In essence, therefore, the right-fork strategy of the Democrats meant an alliance of the South with the political machines built on the non-Protestant immigrants in key Northeastern states.
- 2013, Paul M. Green, Melvin G. Holli, The Mayors: The Chicago Political Tradition, fourth edition, SIU Press →ISBN 9780809331994, page 126
- He was thrust into a political maelstrom for which he was ill-prepared, and yet he was, most notably, the Chicago machine's political savior.
- 1902, The Friend
- (euphemistic, obsolete) Penis.
- 1749, John Cleland, “part {{{part}}}”, in Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, London: G. Fenton, →OCLC:
- (historical) A contrivance in the Ancient Greek theatre for indicating a change of scene, by means of which a god might cross the stage or deliver a divine message; the deus ex machina.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:machine
Hyponyms
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Descendants
- Tok Pisin: masin
- → Hindustani: मशीन (maśīn) / مشین (maśīn)
- → Irski: meaisín
- → Japanski: マシン (mashin)
- → Maori: mīhini
- → Swahili: mashine
Translations
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References
- machine na Vikipediji.Vikipediji
Verb
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- to make by machinery.
- to shape or finish by machinery.
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Further reading
- machine in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- machine in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Anagrams
- Eichman (alphagram acehimn)
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Francuski machine, from Middle French machine, from Latinski māchina, from Doric Greek μᾱχανᾱ́ (mākhanā́).
Pronunciation
Noun
machine f (plural machines, diminutive machientje n or machinetje n)
- machine (mechanical or electrical device)
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Descendants
Etymology
From Middle French machine, borrowed from Latinski machina (“a machine, engine, contrivance, device, stratagem, trick”), itself a borrowing from Doric Antički Grčki μᾱχᾰνᾱ́ (mākhanā́).
Pronunciation
Noun
machine f (plural machines)
- machine, device Šablon:rfclarify
- (slang) machine Galicijski
- Ce type, c’est une vraie machine !
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
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Descendants
- → Amharski: ማሽን (mašn)
- → Azerbejdžanski: maşın
- → Danski: maskine
- → Holandski: machine
- → Estonian: masin
- → Nemački: Maschine (see there for further descendants)
- → Limburgish: mesjien
- → Norveški: maskin
- → Pashto: ماشين (māšín)
- → Persian: ماشین (mâšin)
- → Poljski: maszyna
- → Rumunski: mașină (also via German)
- → Španski: mashina (Louisiana)
- → Švedski: maskin
- → Tajik: mošin (mošin)
Further reading
- “machine” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
Middle French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latinski machina.
Noun
machine f (plural machines)
Descendants
- Francuski: machine (see there for further descendants)
- → Engleski: machine (see there for further descendants)
References
- “machine” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (machine, supplement)