machine

A machine manages energy to accomplish a task, examples include, a mechanical system, a computing system, an electronic system, a molecular machine and a biological machine. In common usage, the meaning is that of a device having parts that perform or assist in performing any type of work. A simple machine is a device that transforms the direction or magnitude of a force.

A machine performs work via forces and movement. Electronics / electrical devices such as televisions, cellphones, digital watches, etc. are not considered machines as their primary functions do not involve these aspects.

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The following tags are aliased to this tag: machinery, machines, mech, mechanical (learn more).

The following tags implicate this tag: badnik, cybernetics, fucking_machine, gizoid, living_machine, mecha, milking_machine, omnic, power_armor, protogen, robot, turret (learn more).

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