Machine

A machine is any mechanics or organic device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of tasks. It normally requires an ''input'' as a trigger, and transmits the modified energy to an ''output,'' which performs the desired task. Humans have used mechanisms and machines to amplify their abilities since before Recording were available. The primary difference between simple tools and simple mechanisms or machines is a power source and a somewhat independent operation. The term ''machine'' generally applies to an assembly of parts operating together to perform work. Generally these devices decrease the intensity of an applied force, altering the direction of the force or transforming one form of motion or energy into another. The mechanical advantage of a machine is the ratio between the resistance or load, and the force required to overcome it, although this ratio is not entirely accurate as force is required to overcome friction, as well. To compensate for this, mechanical advantage is calculated as the ratio between the distance moved by the force applied, and the distance moved by the force not applied. The mechanical efficiency of a machine is the ratio of the actual mechanical advantage (AMA) to the ideal mechanical advantage (IMA). Functioning physical machines are always less than 100% efficient. Inefficiency of a machine is the degree or percentage to which a machine does not accomplish the work it could do without the restrictions of friction. Modern power tools, automated machine tools, and human-operated power machinery complicate this definition greatly. Machines used to transform heat or other energy into mechanical energy are known as engines. ==Simple machines or mechanical components== * Bearing (mechanical) * Driveshaft * Gear * Lever * Pulley * Inclined_plane * Screw * Spring (device) * Wedge * Wheel and axle * Winch ==Clock== * Atomic clock * chronometer * Pendulum clock * Quartz clock ==compressor and pump== * Archimedes screw * Eductor-jet pump * Hydraulic ram * Tuyau * Vacuum pump ==Internal combustion engine== * Gasoline engine * Diesel engine * Four-stroke cycle * Two-stroke cycle * Wankel engine ==External combustion engine== * Steam engine * Stirling engine ==Linkage (mechanical)== * Pantograph ==Turbine== * Gas turbine * Jet engine * Steam turbine * Water turbine * Wind generator, Windmill (Air turbine) ==Airfoil== * Sail * Wing * Rudder * Flap * Damper * Propeller ==Rocket== ==Computer== * Calculator * Analog computer ** Wind tunnel * Digital computer * Turing machine ==Robot== ==Biology== * Virus, Bacterium * Cell (biology) * Plant and animal * Human being * The mind - controversially Mechanical engineering Manufacturing Electro mechanical engineering Production and manufacturing la:Machina

Machine

What about computers and hypothetical machines like Turing machines? Shouldn't they be listed here, too? --User:Zenogantner 16:32, 30 Aug 2003 (UTC)

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Words begining with Machine:

Machine
Machine
Machine-aided_translation
Machine-assisted_translation
Machine-breaking
Machine-gun
Machine-guns
Machine-independent
Machine-parsable
Machine-pistol
Machine-readable
Machine-readable_medium
Machinebuster
Machinebuster
Machinedramon
Machinedrum
Machinedrum
Machinegun
Machineguns
Machineries
Machinery
Machinery's_Handbook
Machinery_and_mechanisms
Machinery_Records
Machines
MachinesThatRanCP/M
MachinesThatRanCP/M
Machines_of_Loving_Grace
Machines_that_always_halt
Machine_(album)
Machine_(band)
Machine_aided_translation
Machine_and_Tractor_Station
Machine_brain
Machine_cancel
Machine_cancellation
Machine_Code
Machine_code
Machine_code_monitor
Machine_Consciousness
Machine_consciousness
Machine_coordinate_system
Machine_de_Marly
Machine_Drum
Machine_Drum
Machine_Elves
Machine_Elves
Machine_embroidery
Machine_embroidery
Machine_Empire
Machine_grinding
Machine_Gun
Machine_gun
Machine_gun
Machine_guns
Machine_guns
Machine_guns_by_caliber
Machine_guns_by_country
Machine_guns_of_France
Machine_guns_of_Japan
Machine_Gun_(band)
Machine_Gun_Corps
Machine_Gun_Etiquette
Machine_Gun_Etiquette
Machine_Gun_Fellatio
Machine_Gun_In_The_Clown's_Hand
Machine_Gun_Kelly
Machine_Gun_Molly
Machine_Head
Machine_Head
Machine_head
Machine_head
Machine_head_(album)
Machine_Head_(band)
Machine_Head_(disambiguation)
Machine_head_(disambiguation)
Machine_Head_albums
Machine_instruction
Machine_intelligence
Machine_language
Machine_language_monitor
Machine_Learning
Machine_learning
Machine_learning
Machine_learning
Machine_Men
Machine_orders
Machine_Paisley
Machine_parsable
Machine_Pistol
Machine_pistol
Machine_pistols
Machine_pistols
Machine_politics
Machine_port
Machine_postmark
Machine_press
Machine_press
Machine_processing
Machine_readable
Machine_Readable_Cataloging
Machine_reproduction
Machine_Robo
Machine_Shop
Machine_tapers
Machine_Teen
Machine_tool
Machine_tools
Machine_Translation
Machine_translation
Machine_translation
Machine_translation
Machine_Translations
Machine_translation_system
Machine_Traslation
Machine_understanding
Machine_understanding
Machine_Vision
Machine_vision
Machine_vision