"mechanism" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mechanism",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mechanisms",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "This research should help us to understand the mechanisms of memory."
        },
        {
          "text": "This agreement sets out detailed mechanisms for solving disagreement between the two countries."
        },
        {
          "text": "These two features combine to create a new data retrieval mechanism."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A mechanism is the way something works"
      ],
      "id": "simple-mechanism-en-noun-f7AFtT1Y"
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The body has a control mechanism to bring down blood-sugar level when it begins to reach unhealthy peaks."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A mechanism is one moving system within a larger, more complex machine or organism."
      ],
      "id": "simple-mechanism-en-noun-QiXNKSkU"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɛkənɪzm/"
    },
    {
      "sampa": "/\"mEk@nIzm/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-mechanism.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "mechanism"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mechanism",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mechanisms",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "This research should help us to understand the mechanisms of memory."
        },
        {
          "text": "This agreement sets out detailed mechanisms for solving disagreement between the two countries."
        },
        {
          "text": "These two features combine to create a new data retrieval mechanism."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A mechanism is the way something works"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The body has a control mechanism to bring down blood-sugar level when it begins to reach unhealthy peaks."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A mechanism is one moving system within a larger, more complex machine or organism."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɛkənɪzm/"
    },
    {
      "sampa": "/\"mEk@nIzm/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-mechanism.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "mechanism"
}