baumhaus.digital/Studium Generale/Prolegomena to Educatio Digitale/Session 2 :: Antiquity/Oxford dict. definition of a "machine"
An apparatus using mechanical power and having several parts, each with a definite function and together performing a particular task.
- Any device that transmits a force or directs its application.
- An efficient and well-organized group of powerful people.
- A person who acts with the mechanical efficiency of a machine.