Scientists are studying the body's 'mechanisms' for controlling weight.
a legal 'mechanism' to prevent lobbyists from exerting unfair influence
She is projecting her anger on you as a 'defense mechanism'.
(..) Yeah, me too. You know, spiders can change their color... ...to blend into their environment. - Really? - Yeah, it's a defense mechanism. - Cool. ...transfer RNA to encode an entirely new genome... ...combining the genetic information from all three... (..)2002 Spider-Man
(..) -...an imminent awareness of danger... A spider-sense. Hey, look at that spider. Some spiders change colors to blend into their environment. It's a defense mechanism. Peter, what makes you think I'd want to know that? Who wouldn't? Over five painstaking years, (..)2002 Spider-Man