machinofacture

noun

Etymology

From machine + -o- + -facture.

  1. derived from μᾱχᾰνᾱ́
  2. derived from māchina
  3. borrowed from machine
  4. formed as machinofacture — “machine + -o- + -facture

Definitions

  1. The production of goods through the use of machines.

    • Then Professor Reuleaux goes on to show that where “machinofactures" are produced , it can especially be noticed how the laborer is gradually surrendered to capital .
    • Not quite, for it is a fact that the best-constructed system of automatic machinofacture, even if provided with a continuous supply of fuel and raw materials, would soon grind to a standstill without human attention.
  2. To produce by means of machinofacture.

    • In 8a ( ii ) the point is made that only man machinofactures products using blueprints and such .
    • But attempts to relate either of them to trends in urbanisation or increases in machinofacturing or the rise of the middle classes seem less plausible.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for machinofacture. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA