Knowledge and Machinery

Knowledge

Knowledge noun - A body of facts learned by study or experience.

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Machinery and knowledge are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Machinery" instead a noun "Knowledge".

Nearby Word: knowledgeable

Machinery noun - Something used to achieve an end.

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Knowledge and machinery are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Knowledge" instead a noun "Machinery".

Nearby Words: machine, machining

human	human knowledge	human machinery
special	special knowledge	special machinery
real	real knowledge	real machinery
esoteric	esoteric knowledge	esoteric machinery
Other adjectives: necessary, ancient, new, advanced, military, immense, working, basic, modern, magical, medical, specialized.

Justified in that he is likely one of only a handful of remaining people on Earth with a working knowledge of civil engineering, industrial machinery, large-scale power generation, and chemistry.

Source: Film / Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome
This is because the Orks were engineered to have scientific knowledge hard-wired into their DNA, giving even a basic grunt an instinctive skill of how to build and maintain a "Shoota," and Meks or Doks a similar intuitive grasp of machinery and medicine.

Source: Insufficiently Advanced Alien
Temple of Doom: The catacombs where you have to manipulate machinery to demonstrate your knowledge of the Ten Commandments and the Plagues of Egypt.

Source: Video Game / Pilgrim

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