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| + | [[Image:Train wreck at Montparnasse 1895.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Train wreck at Montparnasse]]'' ([[October 22]], [[1895]]) by Studio Lévy and Sons]] | ||
| + | [[Image:Mechanic.jpg|thumb|200px|left|"[[Powerhouse mechanic working on steam pump]]," [[1920]]]] | ||
| + | [[Image:Duck of Vaucanson.jpg|thumb|200px| | ||
| + | <small>The '''''Canard Digérateur''''', or '''Digesting Duck''', was an [[automaton]] in the form of [[duck]], created by [[Jacques de Vaucanson]] in [[1739]]. | ||
| + | Voltaire wrote that "without [...] the duck of [[Vaucanson]], you have nothing to remind you of the glory of [[France]]." (''"Sans...le canard de Vaucanson vous n'auriez rien qui fit ressouvenir de la gloire de la France."'') This is often misquoted as "Without the shitting duck, we would have nothing to remind us of the glory of France."</small>]] | ||
| [[Image:Homme machine (1747) - Julien Offray de La Mettrie.jpg|right|thumb|200px|''[[Man a Machine]]'' ([[1747]]) by [[Julien Offray de La Mettrie]] (edition shown [[1750]])]] | [[Image:Homme machine (1747) - Julien Offray de La Mettrie.jpg|right|thumb|200px|''[[Man a Machine]]'' ([[1747]]) by [[Julien Offray de La Mettrie]] (edition shown [[1750]])]] | ||
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| - | # a [[mechanical]] or [[electrical]] device that performs or assists in the performance of human tasks, or is used for amusement (like a pinball machine). | + | A '''machine''' is a [[tool]] consisting of one or more parts that is constructed to achieve a particular [[goal]]. Machines are [[Work (physics)|powered]] devices, usually [[mechanic]]ally, chemically, thermally or electrically powered, and are frequently [[motor]]ized. Historically, a device required moving parts to classify as a machine; however, the advent of [[electronics|electronics technology]] has led to the development of devices without moving parts that are considered machines. |
| - | # the group that controls a political or similar organization. | + | |
| - | # a vehicle operated mechanically; an [[automobile]]. | + | The word "machine" is derived from the [[Latin]] word ''machina'', which in turn derives from the [[Doric Greek]] ''μαχανά'' (machana), [[Ionic Greek]] ''μηχανή'' (mechane) "contrivance, machine, engine" and that from ''[[μῆχος]]'' (mechos), "means, expedient, remedy". The meaning of machine is traced by the Oxford English Dictionary to something that has been constructed. This includes human design into the meaning of machine. |
| - | # a person who seemingly acts like a machine, a person who is very [[proficient]] at a [[task]]. | + | |
| - | #: ''Bruce Campbell was a "demon-killing machine" because he made quick work of killing demons.'' | + | A [[simple machine]] is a device that simply transforms the direction or magnitude of a [[force]], but a large number of more complex machines exist. Examples include [[vehicle]]s, [[electronic system]]s, [[molecular machine]]s, [[computer]]s, [[television]] and [[radio]]. |
| == See also == | == See also == | ||
| - | *The [[Machine Age]] | + | * [[All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace]] |
| - | *''[[The Machine Stops]]'' | + | * [[Animal machine]] |
| + | * [[Man machine]] | ||
| + | * [[Living machine]] | ||
| + | * [[Simple machine]] | ||
| + | * The [[Machine Age]] | ||
| + | * ''[[The Machine Stops]]'' | ||
| + | * [[Darwin Among the Machines]] | ||
| + | * [[Desiring-production]] | ||
| + | * [[Ghost in the machine]] | ||
| + | * [[History of technology]] | ||
| + | * [[Human body]] | ||
| + | * [[Technology]] | ||
| + | * [[Machine types and related components]] | ||
| + | * [[Useless machine]] | ||
| + | * [[Rube Goldberg machine]] | ||
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![The Canard Digérateur, or Digesting Duck, was an automaton in the form of duck, created by Jacques de Vaucanson in 1739. Voltaire wrote that "without [...] the duck of Vaucanson, you have nothing to remind you of the glory of France." ("Sans...le canard de Vaucanson vous n'auriez rien qui fit ressouvenir de la gloire de la France.") This is often misquoted as "Without the shitting duck, we would have nothing to remind us of the glory of France."](/Image:Duck_of_Vaucanson.jpg)
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A machine is a tool consisting of one or more parts that is constructed to achieve a particular goal. Machines are powered devices, usually mechanically, chemically, thermally or electrically powered, and are frequently motorized. Historically, a device required moving parts to classify as a machine; however, the advent of electronics technology has led to the development of devices without moving parts that are considered machines.
The word "machine" is derived from the Latin word machina, which in turn derives from the Doric Greek μαχανά (machana), Ionic Greek μηχανή (mechane) "contrivance, machine, engine" and that from μῆχος (mechos), "means, expedient, remedy". The meaning of machine is traced by the Oxford English Dictionary to something that has been constructed. This includes human design into the meaning of machine.
A simple machine is a device that simply transforms the direction or magnitude of a force, but a large number of more complex machines exist. Examples include vehicles, electronic systems, molecular machines, computers, television and radio.
See also
- All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace
- Animal machine
- Man machine
- Living machine
- Simple machine
- The Machine Age
- The Machine Stops
- Darwin Among the Machines
- Desiring-production
- Ghost in the machine
- History of technology
- Human body
- Technology
- Machine types and related components
- Useless machine
- Rube Goldberg machine
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