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In a machine age, dressmaking is one of the last refuges of the human, the personal, the inimitable.
Christian Dior

Meaning of "machine age" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MACHINE AGE

machine age  [məˈʃiːn eɪdʒ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MACHINE AGE

noun
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verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Machine age is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MACHINE AGE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

machine age

Machine Age

The Machine Age is a term associated mostly with the early 20th century, sometimes also including the late 19th century. An approximate dating would be about 1880 to 1945. Considered to be at a peak in the time between the first and second world wars, it forms a late part of the Industrial Age. By the mid to late 1940s, the atom bomb, the first computers, and the transistor came into being, beginning the contemporary era of high technology and thus ending the intellectual model of the machine age founded in the mechanical and heralding a new more complex model of high-technology.

Definition of machine age in the English dictionary

The definition of machine age in the dictionary is the period in the early 20th century when there was greater production and more new inventions of machinery than previously, and considered to be at a peak between the first and second world wars.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MACHINE AGE


age
eɪdʒ
backstage
ˌbækˈsteɪdʒ
cage
keɪdʒ
engage
ɪnˈɡeɪdʒ
gage
ɡeɪdʒ
gauge
ɡeɪdʒ
ice-age
ˈaɪsˌeɪdʒ
mage
meɪdʒ
onstage
ˌɒnˈsteɪdʒ
Osage
əʊˈseɪdʒ
outrage
ˈaʊtˌreɪdʒ
page
peɪdʒ
rage
reɪdʒ
rampage
ræmˈpeɪdʒ
sage
seɪdʒ
stage
steɪdʒ
Stone-Age
stəʊn eɪdʒ
teenage
ˈtiːnˌeɪdʒ
underage
ˌʌndərˈeɪdʒ
wage
weɪdʒ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MACHINE AGE

machine
machine bolt
machine code
machine error
machine gun
machine gunned
machine gunner
machine gunning
machine head
machine intelligence
machine language
machine learning
machine moulding
machine operator
machine readable
machine screw
machine shop
machine stitch
machine time
machine tool

WORDS THAT END LIKE MACHINE AGE

bronze age
coming of age
computer age
dark age
electronic age
golden age
ice age
in this day and age
information age
iron age
middle age
of age
old age
reading age
retirement age
school age
space age
the atomic age
the jazz age
under age

Synonyms and antonyms of machine age in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «machine age» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MACHINE AGE

Find out the translation of machine age to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of machine age from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «machine age» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

机器时代
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

era de las máquinas
570 millions of speakers

English

machine age
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मशीन उम्र
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عصر الآلة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

машина возраст
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

era da máquina
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মেশিন বয়স
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

âge de la machine
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Umur mesin
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Maschinenzeitalter
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

機械化時代
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

기계 시대
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Umur mesin
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tuổi máy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இயந்திர வயது
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मशीन वय
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Makine yaşı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

età della macchina
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wiek maszyna
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

машина вік
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

vârstă mașină
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ηλικία της μηχανής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

masjien ouderdom
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

maskin okänd
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

maskin alder
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of machine age

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MACHINE AGE»

The term «machine age» is normally little used and occupies the 113.384 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MACHINE AGE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about machine age

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3 QUOTES WITH «MACHINE AGE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word machine age.
1
Christian Dior
In a machine age, dressmaking is one of the last refuges of the human, the personal, the inimitable.
2
Paul Whiteman
Jazz is the folk music of the machine age.
3
Minoru Yamasaki
I feel this is very important for us to have serene buildings because our civilization is chaotic as it is, you see; our whole machine age has brought about a chaos that has to be somehow counterbalanced, I think.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MACHINE AGE»

Discover the use of machine age in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to machine age and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Machine-Age Comedy
With keen analyses, North examines the work of a wide range of artists--including Charlie Chaplin, Walt Disney, Marcel Duchamp, Samuel Beckett, and David Foster Wallace--to show the creative and unconventional ways the routinization of ...
Los Angeles Michael North Professor of English University of California, 2008
2
Theory and Design in the First Machine Age
First published in 1960, Theory and Design in the First Machine Age has become required reading in numerous courses on the history of modern architecture and is widely regarded as one of the definitive books on the modern movement.
Reyner Banham, 1980
3
The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a ...
In The Second Machine Age MIT’s Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee—two thinkers at the forefront of their field—reveal the forces driving the reinvention of our lives and our economy.
Erik Brynjolfsson, Andrew McAfee, 2014
4
Le Corbusier, 1887-1965: The Lyricism of Architecture in the ...
Architectural poetry in the machine age Born Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, Le Corbusier (1887-1965) adopted his famous pseudonym after publishing his ideas in the review L'Esprit Nouveau in 1920.
Jean-Louis Cohen, 2004
5
Recasting the Machine Age: Henry Ford's Village Industries
Recasting the Machine Age recounts the history of Henry Ford's efforts to shift the production of Ford cars and trucks from the large-scale factories he had pioneered in the Detroit area to nineteen decentralized, small-scale plants within ...
Howard P. Segal, 2008
6
The Machine Age in America: 1918-1941
Spine title: The machine age. Published in conjuction with a major exhibition that will tour the country after opening at the Brooklyn Museum, Oct. 17, 1986--Feb. 16, 1987.
Richard Guy Wilson, Brooklyn Museum, 1986
7
Machine-Age Ideology: Social Engineering and American ...
In this interdisciplinary work, John Jordan traces the significant influence on American politics of a most unlikely hero: the professional engineer.
John Jordan, 2010
8
Making Arms in the Machine Age: Philadelphia's Frankford ...
Making Arms in the Machine Age traces the growth and development of the United States Arsenal at Frankford, Pennsylvania, from its origin in 1816 to 1870.
James J. Farley, 1994
9
Sustaining Architecture in the Anti-Machine Age
Featuring contributions from architects, journalists, academics and legal consultants, the book takes a balanced look at the subject, giving the full range of sometimes opposing views.
Ian Abley, James Heartfield, 2001
10
Jean Després: Jeweler, Maker, and Designer of the Machine Age
Celebrates the work and legacy of the forefront art deco designer whose work reflects the streamlined aesthetics of his time, providing insight into the role of avant-garde artistry on his vision, his World War I contributions in airplane ...
Melissa Gabardi, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MACHINE AGE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term machine age is used in the context of the following news items.
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Progress -- for a New Wave of Growth | St. Gallen Symposium
Some call it the second Machine Age. It is increasingly recognized as the weak signals of future growth, growth that could even surpass the ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
2
Column - The shifting life of the manual typewriter
The typewriter is immediately recognized as a relic of the machine age and as such is often incorporated into the currently popular industrial ... «Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, Jul 15»
3
Health Care's Current "Productivity Paradox" - Forbes
In their recent book, The Second Machine Age, MIT Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee discuss the concept of the “productivity paradox,” and ... «Forbes, Jul 15»
4
5 things to check out Thursday at the Ann Arbor Art Fair: Udder …
... and instruments. Whitcomb's interest in the Machine Age and the advent of electric lighting is brought together in each one-of-a-kind piece. «MLive.com, Jul 15»
5
Ventura County galleries have much to offer
Museum of Ventura County Agricultural Museum: Opening July 17: Machine Age Art: The Artwork of Wendell Dowling, with a reception from 5-7 ... «Ventura County Star, Jul 15»
6
Review: Architecture Visionaries
Their vision was to reinterpret architecture for the machine age, creating new forms with new materials while, broadly speaking and ... «Architects' Journal, Jul 15»
7
The 3rd Machine Age
I recently bought and read a book “The Second Machine Age” by two visionary authors at MIT predicting (touting?) the rise of the next industrial ... «Environmental Leader, Jul 15»
8
Strunk and Whites Macho Grammar Club
Strunkian style embraces the cultural logic of the Machine Age, which by 1918 was well underway. The head-whipping speedup of the 20th ... «Daily Beast, Jul 15»
9
Review: Symbol Audio Modern Record Console
... and minimalist lines, this console perfectly melds Old World craftsmanship, machine age design, and Scandanavian cool. At $19,995, it's also ... «Wired, Jul 15»
10
Biden campaign team taking shape
Before he mastered recorded sound and the light bulb, the Prometheus of the Machine Age, perfected the stock ticker. The idea of printing stock ... «Fox News, Jul 15»

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