• n.
    ⦿a natural object resembling a machine in structure or function
    lexical concept
  • the mechanism of infection
  • the mechanism of the ear

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Lexical context

wn:part of speechnoun
ontolex:lexicalized senseenl:mechanism
wn:interlingual indexili:i85762

Other

skos:is in schemeOpen English WordNet
rdfs:labelmechanism