machinery
NOUN:
1. an assemblage of machines or mechanical apparatuses:
the machinery of a factory.
2. the parts of a machine, collectively:
the machinery of a watch.
3. a group of people or a system by which action is maintained or by which some result is obtained:
the machinery of government.
4. a group of contrivances for producing stage effects.
5. machines, machine parts, or machine systems collectively.
6. a particular machine system or set of machines.
7. a system similar to a machine:
the machinery of government.
8. machines in general or as a functioning unit.
9. the working parts of a machine.
10. the means or system by which something is kept in action or a desired result is obtained:
the machinery of government.
Examples:
Some of the mill's machinery was damaged in the fire; a piece of farm machinery. —Merriam-Webster.
of epic poetry:
1. the group or aggregate of literary machines, especially those of supernatural agency (epic machinery) in an epic poem.
2. literary devices used for effect in epic poetry.
Origin:
First recorded in 1680–90; machine + -ery. —Dictionary.com. // First Known Use of machinery. 1687. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
1. an assemblage of machines or mechanical apparatuses:
the machinery of a factory.
2. the parts of a machine, collectively:
the machinery of a watch.
3. a group of people or a system by which action is maintained or by which some result is obtained:
the machinery of government.
4. a group of contrivances for producing stage effects.
5. machines, machine parts, or machine systems collectively.
6. a particular machine system or set of machines.
7. a system similar to a machine:
the machinery of government.
8. machines in general or as a functioning unit.
9. the working parts of a machine.
10. the means or system by which something is kept in action or a desired result is obtained:
the machinery of government.
Examples:
Some of the mill's machinery was damaged in the fire; a piece of farm machinery. —Merriam-Webster.
of epic poetry:
1. the group or aggregate of literary machines, especially those of supernatural agency (epic machinery) in an epic poem.
2. literary devices used for effect in epic poetry.
Origin:
First recorded in 1680–90; machine + -ery. —Dictionary.com. // First Known Use of machinery. 1687. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.