This is the idea that a patentshould be given to a machine or something that creates a material change, like a chemical process.

VOA: special.2010.07.16

And unlike a machine, the skin-to-skin contact provides two kinds of warmth physical and emotional.

VOA: special.2009.05.25

Much greater pressure can be produced by using a machine, a hydraulic jack.

VOA: special.2009.09.29

Even if he was on this train." His moving to the city is an attempt to move away from the natural world and become a thing,a machine.

VOA: special.2010.12.26

He taught himself to be a pilot. During World War II, he designed a machine used to train military aircraft crews to fire guns at enemy aircraft.

VOA: special.2009.01.14

One place near her home had a machine that played records.

VOA: special.2010.02.28

It also is probably what a number of reporters said earlier this month when they were permitted to see a machine that will be sent to the planet Mars.

VOA: special.2011.04.26

They would go on a machine that sent images by radio.

VOA: special.2010.05.31

The dog's legs had been cut off in a machine.

VOA: special.2009.08.29

A machine called a press is often used.

VOA: special.2009.09.29

He developed a machine to aid breathing.

VOA: special.2010.05.14

Last week,while conducting his 17th immigration sweep, he brought out his "big gun," a machine gun.

VOA: standard.2010.07.20

The term today most often is used to describe a powerful machine designed to clear away trees and other big objects.

VOA: special.2009.02.15

She turned an old industrial machine repair shop into a warm and inviting space for exhibitions,offices and classrooms.

VOA: special.2010.03.03