complicated machine

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complicated
adjective
uk
/ˈkɒm.plɪ.keɪ.tɪd/us
/ˈkɑːm.plə.keɪ.t̬ɪd/
involving a lot of different parts, in a way that is difficult ...
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machine
noun[C]
uk
/məˈʃiːn/us
/məˈʃiːn/
a piece of equipment with several moving parts that uses power to do a particular type ...
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(Definition ofcomplicatedandmachinefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Every fraction of thiscomplicatedmachinefits into the other parts; all the cogs mesh smoothly.
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It is possible by a verycomplicatedmachineto fill jam pots with absolutely accurate net weight.
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I can remember, when serving my time as an engineer, a mate of mine being given the job of putting right a verycomplicatedmachine.
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Doctors train for seven years to treat the whole of the immenselycomplicatedmachinethat is the human body.
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Expectations, it is said, may be raised too high; will this verycomplicatedmachinework smoothly?
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We are all entitled to drive thiscomplicatedmachinewith the minimum of training.
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So the wholecomplicatedmachinecan be maintained only by consent.
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There is also the fact that acomplicatedmachinehas to be set up.
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We must remember that however much we may admire the making ofcomplicatedmachinetools the object of production is consumption.
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It is exactly like running acomplicatedmachine.
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Unless there is that efficiency, no amount of goodwill which has been recreated, possibly partly by danger, partly by other reasons, will serve to make thiscomplicatedmachinework.
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We therefore have to consider very carefully what further steps may be necessary in the riot distant future for the lubrication and the restarting of this intenselycomplicatedmachine.
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He was a born mechanical genius and could repair the mostcomplicatedmachinein the mill.
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The lathe and foundry are then used to make morecomplicatedmachinetools.
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He is shown a verycomplicatedmachineused to make the nanobots from bacteria.
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At the same time, we have very much less time and labour for the maintenance of these complicated machines.
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An enormous number of these go into the production of complicated machines such as bomber aircraft and tanks.
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We manufacture very complicated machines for weaving man-made fibres, silks, cottons and wools.
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In a matter of days, or at most weeks, they have mastered the most complicated machines and are working accurately to the finest limits.
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I was not referring to the more complicated machines used by the larger groups of firms.
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