machine

C14208

concept

A machine is a man-made device or system that uses energy to perform work, automate tasks, or process materials according to designed functions.

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All labels observed (24)

Label	Occurrences
mechanical device	6
hydraulic machine	4
electro-mechanical machine	2
viscometer	2
Excavator	1
Rube Goldberg machine	1
abstract machine	1
agricultural implement	1
agricultural machine	1
allotment machine	1
beheading machine	1
equipment type	1
industrial machine	1
machine canonical	1
mechanical encryption device	1
mechanical invention	1
mechanical linkage	1
mutation machine	1
myoelectric prosthesis	1
perpetual motion machine	1
portable sewing machine	1
simple machine	1
state machine	1
vending machine	1

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction

generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"

Input

Class: machine

Generated description

A machine is a man-made device or system that uses energy to perform work, automate tasks, or process materials according to designed functions.

Instances (33)

Instance	Via concept surface
Nefastis Machine	perpetual motion machine
lockstitch sewing machine	mechanical device
Polish Bomba kryptologiczna	electro-mechanical machine
Marly machine	hydraulic machine
Rotherham plough	agricultural implement
DEKA Arm System	myoelectric prosthesis
Archimedean screw	mechanical device
Melvin Mooney surface form: Mooney viscometer	viscometer
Alberti cipher disk	mechanical encryption device
Worthington direct-acting steam pump	industrial machine
Sallah	Excavator
Scottish Maiden (guillotine-like device) surface form: Scottish Maiden	beheading machine
Power Armor	equipment type
Bombe machines	electro-mechanical machine
Walschaerts surface form: Walschaerts valve gear	mechanical linkage
Kaplan turbines surface form: Kaplan turbine	hydraulic machine
Nutri-Matic drinks dispenser	vending machine
contributed to economic divergence between North and South in the United States surface form: cotton gin	mechanical device
Francis turbine	hydraulic machine
Landin’s SECD machine	abstract machine
Singer Featherweight 221	portable sewing machine
NFA	state machine
Fénix 1	mechanical device
Fénix 3	mechanical device
Mooney viscometer	viscometer
kleroterion	allotment machine
Lala Palooza	Rube Goldberg machine
Kaplan surface form: Kaplan turbine	hydraulic machine
Spinning Wheel	mechanical device
Mary Ann Hall McCormick surface form: mechanical reaper	agricultural machine
Apparatus for Treating Air	mechanical invention
cotton gin	—
Cortex Vortex	mutation machine