machinery

(mə-shē'nə-rē, -shēn'rē)
n., pl., -ies.

1. Machines or machine parts considered as a group.
2. The working parts of a particular machine.
3. A system of related elements that operate in a definable manner: diplomatic and political machinery.
4. 1. A device or means of achieving or effecting a result.
   2. A literary device for bringing about an effect, such as a happy ending.

machinery, the collective term applied since the 18th century to the supernatural beings—gods, angels, devils, nymphs, etc.—who take part in the action of an epic or mock‐epic poem or in a dramatic work. The term is taken from the Greek dramatic convention of the deus ex machina, and is also applied in a more familiar sense to the cranes, moving sets, and other contraptions used in the theatre.

IN BRIEF: The parts of an engine or other combination of parts that work together. Also: An organized group that controls a political party.

The sense of humor is the oil of life's engine. Without it, the machinery creaks and groans. — G. S. Merriam

Quotes:

"Man will never be enslaved by machinery if the man tending the machine be paid enough." - Karel Capek

"By his machines man can dive and remain under water like a shark; can fly like a hawk in the air; can see atoms like a gnat; can see the system of the universe of Uriel, the angel of the sun; can carry whatever loads a ton of coal can lift; can knock down cities with his fist of gunpowder; can recover the history of his race by the medals which the deluge, and every creature, civil or savage or brute, has involuntarily dropped of its existence; and divine the future possibility of the planet and its inhabitants by his perception of laws of nature." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Machines were, it may be said, the weapon employed by the capitalists to quell the revolt of specialized labor." - Karl Marx

"I'm afraid for all those who'll have the bread snatched from their mouths by these machines. What business has science and capitalism got, bringing all these new inventions into the works, before society has produced a generation educated up to using them!" - Henrik Ibsen

"As machines become more and more efficient and perfect, so it will become clear that imperfection is the greatness of man." - Ernst Fischer

"Freedom from labor itself is not new; it once belonged among the most firmly established privileges of the few. In this instance, it seems as though scientific progress and technical developments had been only taken advantage of to achieve something about which all former ages dreamed but which none had been able to realize." - Hannah Arendt

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To know the inner workings of something indicates that attention is being paid to the details of self and others. If one dreams of functioning like a piece of machinery, then the person's self-image or a relationship may be in need of repair.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - maskineri, maskinel, ved maskinkraft

Nederlands (Dutch)
machinerie, machineonderdelen, systeem

Français (French)
n. - machines, machinerie, mécanisme, structure, rouages, (fig) dispositifs

Deutsch (German)
n. - Maschinerie, Maschinen, Mechanismus, (dramatische) Kunstmittel

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - μηχανήματα, μηχανικός εξοπλισμός, μηχανισμός, μηχανές

Italiano (Italian)
macchinario, sistema

Português (Portuguese)
n. - combinação mecânica (f), maquinaria (f), mecanismo (m)

Русский (Russian)
механизмы, оборудование, структура, организационный аппарат

Español (Spanish)
n. - maquinaria, mecanismo, tramoya

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - maskiner, mekanism, tillvägagångssätt, övernaturliga inslag, maskin-

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
机器, 结构, 机关

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 機器, 結構, 機關

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 기계류 , 기계장치, 조직, 복잡한 일련의 집합

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 機械類, 機械装置, 組織, 機構, からくり, 方法

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) آليه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מכונות, מנגנון, ארגון, מרכיבי מכונה, שיטות, אמצעים‬

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