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machinery
 
Noun machinery has 2 senses
  1. machinery - machines or machine systems collectively
    --1 is a kind of     machine
    --1 has particulars: enginery
    Derived form: verb machine2
  2. machinery - a system of means and activities whereby a social institution functions; "the complex machinery of negotiation"; "the machinery of command labored and brought forth an order"
    --2 is a kind of     system, scheme
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