<p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>An assemblage of machines or mechanical apparatuses: the machinery of a factory.</li><li>The parts of a machine, collectively: the machinery of a watch.</li><li>A group of people or a system by which action is maintained or by which some result is obtained: the machinery of government.</li><li>Synonyms: setup, structure, organization.</li><li>A group of contrivances for producing stage effects.</li><li>The group or aggregate of literary machines, especially those of supernatural agency: epic machinery in an epic poem.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>