Mechanism and Situation

Mechanism

Mechanism noun - Device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function.

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Situation and mechanism are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Situation" instead a noun "Mechanism".

Situation noun - Position with regard to conditions and circumstances.

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Mechanism and situation are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Mechanism" instead a noun "Situation".

Nearby Words: situate, situated, situating

good	good mechanism	good situation
exact	exact mechanism	exact situation
particular	particular mechanism	particular situation
similar	similar mechanism	similar situation
Other adjectives: common, specific, complex, reverse, actual, entire, complicated, new, unique, weird, strange, different.

Afterward, though, they challenged themselves with the same situation the A-Team was in and succeeded by using a pitching machine-like firing mechanism.

Source: Just For Fun / Tropes Examined by the MythBusters
The T-Phones made by Don has a self-destruct mechanism in case they get captured by the enemy or are in a situation where they cannot be taken back.

Source: Western Animation / Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012)
In Cromartie High School, a simple time bomb is attached to Mechazawa, but the situation devolves to the point where the students give up in disarming the mechanism in Mechazawa and deliberately move on to other things like figuring out how the heck Hideki Takahashi's antenna things work.

Source: Why Am I Ticking?

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