mehānisms

Via some other European language, ultimately from Latin mechanismus, from Ancient Greek μηχανικός (mēkhanikós, “pertaining to machines or contrivance, mechanic, ingenious, inventive”), from μηχανή (mēkhanḗ, “a machine, contrivance”).

mehānisms m (1st declension)

1. mechanism, engine (system of elements in a machine, device, etc. that allows it to function by means of the motion of its elements)

   automašīnas stūres mehānisms ― car steering mechanism

   pulksteņa mehānisms ― clock mechanism

   skaņu pieraksta mehānisms ― sound recording engine

   iedarbināt mehānismu ― to start the engine

   izjaukt mehānismu ― to disassemble the mechanism

2. mechanism (system, especially if complex, for producing some work, some result)

   pārvaldes mehānisms ― administrative mechanism

   valsts mehānisms ― the mechanism of the state

3. mechanism (system of processes, phenomena, actions, etc. in which one element affects or triggers others)

   domāšanas mehānisms ― the mechanism of thinking

   organisma darbības mehānisms ― the mechanism of the body's activity

   pētīt ķīmiskās reakcijas mehānismu ― to study the mechanism of a chemical reaction

   pētījumi par evolūcijas un dzīvības procesu mehānismiem ― studies on the mechanism of evolution and the processes of life

• mehānika
• mehāniķis, mehāniķe
• mehānisks