The supernatural means by which the action of a poetic or fictitious work is carried on and brought to a catastrophe; in an extended sense, the contrivances by which the crises and conclusion of a fictitious narrative, in prose or verse, are effected
a system of means and activities whereby a social institution functions; "the complex machinery of negotiation"; "the machinery of command labored and brought forth an order"
The working parts of a machine, engine, or instrument; as, the machinery of a watch
machines or machine systems collectively a system of means and activities whereby a social institution functions; "the complex machinery of negotiation"; "the machinery of command labored and brought forth an order
The machinery of a government or organization is the system and all the procedures that it uses to deal with things. The machinery of democracy could be created quickly
You can use machinery to refer to machines in general, or machines that are used in a factory or on a farm. quality tools and machinery. your local garden machinery specialist