Phrase Hound found 18 phrases and 13 compound words that contain mechanism. The most common are listed below. Open mechanism in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 18
- mechanism of deathThe proximate cause of a person's death relating to the biological processes (rather than external cause) that lead to decease.
- control mechanismAny mechanical (or other) system used to keep one or more variable parameters constant, or within specified bounds.
- defense mechanismA psychological strategy used unconsciously by people to cope with harmful or stressful situations.
- European Stability MechanismA proposed international organisation that would provide financial assistance to members of the Eurozone in financial difficulty.
- reaction mechanismthe ordered set of individual reactions whose overall effect is given by a chemical equation
- coping mechanismSynonym of coping strategy: A conscious, subconscious or unconscious thought process or behavior that a person habitually employs in order to cope with a particular type of situation.
- defence mechanismAlternative form of defense mechanism: A psychological strategy used unconsciously by people to cope with harmful or stressful situations.
- Geneva mechanismA mechanism that translates a continuous rotation into an intermittent rotary motion, using an intermittent gear where the drive wheel has a pin that reaches into a slot of the driven wheel and thereby advances it by one step, and having a …
- key encapsulation mechanismA mechanism for sharing a secret key securely between recipients, despite the presence of adversaries.
- flintlock mechanismA type of lock used on muskets, rifles, and pistols from the early 17th to the mid-19th century.
- servo-mechanismAlternative spelling of servomechanism: A mechanical device for controlling large amounts of power by means of smaller amounts of power and correcting the performance of the device using feedback.
- Higgs mechanismThe proposed interaction between elementary particles and the Higgs field that imbues the particles with mass and breaks the electroweak symmetry.
- Penrose mechanismSynonym of Penrose process: A hypothetical process whereby the ergosphere of a black hole can be used as an energy source due to its angular momentum.
- Anderson-Higgs mechanismSynonym of Higgs mechanism: The proposed interaction between elementary particles and the Higgs field that imbues the particles with mass and breaks the electroweak symmetry.
- Brout-Englert-Higgs mechanismSynonym of Higgs mechanism: The proposed interaction between elementary particles and the Higgs field that imbues the particles with mass and breaks the electroweak symmetry.
- Grotthuss mechanismThe process by which an excess proton diffuses through the hydrogen bond network of water molecules or other hydrogen-bonded liquids through the formation and concomitant cleavage of covalent bonds involving neighboring molecules.
- GZK mechanismSynonym of Greisen-Zatsepin-Kuzmin mechanism: A theoretical upper limit on the energies of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays based on interactions with the cosmic microwave background.
- Greisen-Zatsepin-Kuzmin mechanismA theoretical upper limit on the energies of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays based on interactions with the cosmic microwave background.
Compound words 13
- cryptomechanismA cryptographic mechanism.
- immunomechanismAn immunological mechanism (mode of action)
- servomechanismA mechanical device for controlling large amounts of power by means of smaller amounts of power and correcting the performance of the device using feedback.
- antimechanismA belief that opposes mechanism.
- nanomechanismAny nanoscale mechanism.
- automechanismAn automatic mechanism.
- biomechanismbiological mechanism
- micromechanismAny mechanism whose components are smaller than a millimeter
- neuromechanismA neural mechanism
- pathomechanismpathological mechanism; the mechanism by which a pathological condition occurs