machinery
Gears and engines
Machinery is the collection of machines or mechanical equipment used for a particular purpose: industrial machinery, farm machinery.
The word also refers to the working parts of a machine collectively.
Figuratively, machinery describes the system or organization that makes something function: the machinery of government, the machinery of justice.
The term implies complexity and interconnected parts working together.
Industrial production facility
- assemblyConstructing from components
- conveyorMechanism that transports items
- plantBotanical organism
- manufacturingIndustrial product creation
mill · foundry · forge · smelter · refinery · workshop · fabrication · processing
Vertical rotating hauling device
- windlassCranked cylinder for lifting
- davitsPivoting crane for lifeboats
- winchesDrum-and-cable lifting devices
- bollardsShort protective posts
cleats · hatches · propulsion · mooring · rigging
Bladed vehicle pushing earth
- excavatorMachine that digs earth
- craneLifter or wader
- forkliftPowered pallet-hoisting vehicle
- backhoeHinged-arm excavating machine
loader · trencher · compactor · jackhammer · tractor · combine · harvester · plow
Detailed technical drawing
- CADTechnical drawing technology
- prototypingMaking preliminary models
- kinematicsStudy of movement itself
- dynamicsStudy of forces
mechatronics · thermodynamics · gears · bearings · cams · linkages · actuators · tolerances
Toothed rotating machine parts
- springsCoils, sources, or leaps
- escapementTick-controlling clock component
- mainspringClock's power coil
- cogsProjections on a wheel
wheels · pinions · regulators · movements · automata · mechanisms · precision · timing
Equipment for a task
- systemConnected parts forming whole
- organizationStructured group with purpose
- bureaucracyRigid administrative system
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
institution · structure · network · operations · administration · establishment · wheels
factory
Industrial production facility
manufacturing · mill · foundry · forge · smelter · refinery · workshop · fabrication · processing · distillery
capstan
Vertical rotating hauling device
- windlassCranked cylinder for lifting
- davitsPivoting crane for lifeboats
- winchesDrum-and-cable lifting devices
bollards · cleats · hatches · propulsion · mooring · rigging
bulldozer
Bladed vehicle pushing earth
backhoe · loader · trencher · compactor · jackhammer · tractor · combine · harvester · plow · mower
blueprint
Detailed technical drawing
- CADTechnical drawing technology
- prototypingMaking preliminary models
- kinematicsStudy of movement itself
dynamics · mechatronics · thermodynamics · gears · bearings · cams · linkages · actuators · tolerances · lubrication
gears
Toothed rotating machine parts
- springsCoils, sources, or leaps
- escapementTick-controlling clock component
- mainspringClock's power coil
cogs · wheels · pinions · regulators · movements · automata · mechanisms · precision · timing · synchronization
apparatus
Equipment for a task
- systemConnected parts forming whole
- organizationStructured group with purpose
- bureaucracyRigid administrative system
campaign · institution · structure · network · operations · administration · establishment · wheels
- farmingfarm, farms, farmer, farmers, crop
- Industrial Imageryfactories, smokestacks, assembly lines, gears, pipes
- industrializationfactory, industrial revolution, Industrial Revolution, factories, manufacturing
- industryfactories, factory, automotive, manufacturing plant, manufacturing plants
- manufacturingfactories, factory, car factory, assembly plants, electronics factory
- operationsoperation, operations, military operation, joint operation, workflow
machinerymanual labor
Work done bodily
handwork · hand labor · handicraft · handiwork · craftwork
machinerynature
Inherent quality or disposition
living systems · biology · natural processes · organism · wildlife
- washing machineAppliance for laundering textiles
- vending machinesUnmanned automated retail devices
- time machineDevice enabling temporal journeys
- machine gunContinuous-fire arm
- answering machineTelephone message recorder
- slot machineCoin-operated gambling device
machine, machines, machined, machinelike, machineries, machine operator