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The collective noun for things that whir, clank, and quietly run your entire life.
means Machines as a group, or the parts and systems that make something function — literal or bureaucratic.
from From Greek mekhane, a contrivance or trick, via Latin machina — same root that gave the stage its god-from-the-machine.
Theatrical rootsGreek dramas used cranes called mekhane to fly gods.
Figurative reachThe machinery of government grinds without a single gear.
-ery suffixTurns one machine into a whole collective apparatus.