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It is not only important, but, in a degree necessary, that the people of this country, should have an American Dictionary of the English language; for, although the body of the language is the same as in England, and it is desirable to perpetuate that sameness, yet some differences must exist. Language is the expression of ideas; and if the people of one country cannot preserve an identity of ideas, they cannot retain an identity of language. |
MECH'ANISM, n. The construction of a machine, engine or instrument, intended to apply power to a useful purpose; the structure of parts, or manner in which the parts of a machine are united to answer its design.
The arrangement or relation of the parts of a
machine; the parts of a machine, taken collectively; the arrangement
or relation of the parts of anything as adapted to produce an effect;
as, the mechanism of a watch; the mechanism of a sewing
machine; the mechanism of a seed pod.
Mechanical operation or action.
He acknowledges nothing besides matter and motion; so that all must be performed either by mechanism or accident. Bentley. An ideal machine; a
combination of movable bodies constituting a machine, but considered
only with regard to relative movements.
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