Definitions for machines
ma·chines

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1. machines

   A machine is a physical system using power to apply forces and control movement to perform an action. The term is commonly applied to artificial devices, such as those employing engines or motors, but also to natural biological macromolecules, such as molecular machines. Machines can be driven by animals and people, by natural forces such as wind and water, and by chemical, thermal, or electrical power, and include a system of mechanisms that shape the actuator input to achieve a specific application of output forces and movement. They can also include computers and sensors that monitor performance and plan movement, often called mechanical systems. Renaissance natural philosophers identified six simple machines which were the elementary devices that put a load into motion, and calculated the ratio of output force to input force, known today as mechanical advantage.Modern machines are complex systems that consist of structural elements, mechanisms and control components and include interfaces for convenient use. Examples include: a wide range of vehicles, such as trains, automobiles, boats and airplanes; appliances in the home and office, including computers, building air handling and water handling systems; as well as farm machinery, machine tools and factory automation systems and robots.

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1. Machines

   "Machines" is a song by Scottish band Biffy Clyro, from their 2007 album, Puzzle. It was due to be released as the fourth physical single from Puzzle on 1 October 2007 but was pushed back 1 week and released on the 8th October 2007. The "Alternate Mix" was released on iTunes on September 30, 1 day earlier than expected. The "Rock Version" can only be bought at Recordstore.co.uk and also has alternate lyrics to the album version.

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1. machinesnoun

   Plural noun of the word machine.

   The machines in the local factory were set to produce with operators at specific times according to the production line procedures.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on September 12, 2016  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'machines' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2201

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'machines' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2207

How to pronounce machines?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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How to say machines in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of machines in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of machines in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of machines in a Sentence

1. Lou Dobbs:

   Fox that is, these machines, these electronic voting companies, including Dominion, prominently Dominion, at least in the suspicions of a lot of Americans.

2. Liu Chunyu:

   The impact of government investment seems to be not as strong as previously, which could be because there are too many machines out there already, we know the breakneck growth we saw back in 2010 will never come back again.

3. Sherry Turkle:

   Tim Cook apologizes and says,' Sorry ! Here are tools to walk it back,' what do we forget when we talk to machines ? We forget what it is to be human -- what is special about talking to a human. That is the danger.

4. James Scott:

   E-Voting machines are nothing more than dilapidated, barebones PCs with zero endpoint security.

5. Skip Stolz:

   When it comes to certain kinds of decision making and things requiring an intuitive contextual understanding, machines are not yet able to do those things. Computers can process huge amounts of data.

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References

1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machines
2. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=machines