a person who buys goods from the producer and resells them to the retailer or consumer. 2. a person who acts as an intermediary. [1785â95] Thesaurus Antonyms Related Words Synonyms Legend: Switch to new thesaurus . Noun: 1. middleman - someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers. jobber, wholesaler
Mechanism (biology) In the science of biology, a mechanism is a system of casually interacting parts and processes that produce one or more effects. Scientists explain phenomena by describing mechanisms that could produce the phenomena. For example, natural selection is a mechanism of biological evolution; other mechanisms of evolution include genetic drift, mutation, and gene flow. In ecology, mechanisms such as predation and host-parasite interactions produce change in ecological systems. In practice, no descript
There is no constant meaning in the history of philosophy for the word Mechanism. Originally, the term meant that cosmological theory which ascribes the motion and changes of the world to some external force. In this view material things are purely passive, while according to the opposite theory (i.