Process vs. Mechanism

A series of actions, changes, or functions bringing about a result

A machine or mechanical appliance.

A series of operations performed in the making or treatment of a product

The arrangement of connected parts in a machine.

Progress; passage

A system of parts that operate or interact like those of a machine

The use of the law courts and other fora as a means of seeking redress

An instrument or a process, physical or mental, by which something is done or comes into being

The set of actions and events that constitute a legal proceeding or a significant portion thereof

A habitual manner of acting to achieve an end.

(Law) A means of compelling a person to appear in court, especially a summons ordering a defendant to appear in court.

(Psychology) A usually unconscious mental and emotional pattern that shapes behavior in a given situation or environment

(Biology) An outgrowth of tissue; a projecting part

The sequence of steps in a chemical reaction.

Any of various photomechanical or photoengraving methods.

(Philosophy) The doctrine that all natural phenomena are explicable by material causes and mechanical principles.

A running software program or other computing operation.

(within a machine or machinery) Any mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion, or the transmission or control of power.

A part of a running software program or other computing operation that does a single task.

Any combination of cams, gears, links, belts, chains and logical mechanical elements.

See conk3.

A group of entities, such as objects, that interact together.

To put through the steps of a prescribed procedure

A mental, physical, or chemical process.

To prepare, treat, or convert by subjecting to a special process

Any process of, or system designed to manage useful energy conversion.

(Computers) To perform operations on (data).

(philosophy) The theory that all natural phenomena can be explained by physical causes.

To gain an understanding or acceptance of; come to terms with

The arrangement or relation of the parts of a machine; the parts of a machine, taken collectively; the arrangement or relation of the parts of anything as adapted to produce an effect; as, the mechanism of a watch; the mechanism of a sewing machine; the mechanism of a seed pod.

To straighten (hair) by a chemical process; conk.

The series of causal relations that operate to produce an effect in any system; as, the mechanism of a chemical reaction.

To move along in a procession

Mechanical operation or action.

Prepared or converted by a special process

An ideal machine; a combination of movable bodies constituting a machine, but considered only with regard to relative movements.

Made by or used in any of several photomechanical or photoengraving processes

The atomic process that occurs during a chemical reaction;

A series of events which produce a result (the product).

The technical aspects of doing something;

(manufacturing) A set of procedures used to produce a product, most commonly in the food and chemical industries.

A natural object resembling a machine in structure or function;

A path of succession of states through which a system passes.

(philosophy) the philosophical theory that all phenomena can be explained in terms of physical or biological causes

(anatomy) Successive physiological responses to keep or restore health.

Device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function

(legal) Documents issued by a court in the course of a lawsuit or action at law, such as a summons, mandate, or writ.

(biology) An outgrowth of tissue or cell.

(anatomy) A structure that arises above a surface.

(computing) An executable task or program.

The centre mark that players aim at in the game of squails.

(transitive) To perform a particular process on a thing.

(transitive) To retrieve, store, classify, manipulate, transmit etc. (data, signals, etc.), especially using computer techniques.

To think about a piece of information, or a concept, in order to assimilate it, and perhaps accept it in a modified state.

To develop photographic film.

To take legal proceedings against.

To walk in a procession

The act of proceeding; continued forward movement; procedure; progress; advance.

A series of actions, motions, or occurrences; progressive act or transaction; continuous operation; normal or actual course or procedure; regular proceeding; as, the process of vegetation or decomposition; a chemical process; processes of nature.

A statement of events; a narrative.

Any marked prominence or projecting part, especially of a bone; anapophysis.

The whole course of proceedings in a cause real or personal, civil or criminal, from the beginning to the end of the suit; strictly, the means used for bringing the defendant into court to answer to the action; - a generic term for writs of the class called judicial.

A particular course of action intended to achieve a result;

A sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states;

(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents;

A writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear results in a default judgment against the defendant

A mental process that you are not directly aware of;

A natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant;

Deal with in a routine way;

Subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition;

Perform mathematical and logical operations on (data) according to programmed instructions in order to obtain the required information;

Institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against;

Shape, form, or improve a material;

Deliver a warrant or summons to someone;

March in a procession;