Nomad & Machine

Space and Power: Politics, War, and Architecture by Paul Hirst

Chapter 1

nomad |ˈnōˌmad|

noun

• a member of a people having no permanent abode, and who travel from place to place to find fresh pasture for their livestock

• a person who does not stay long in the same place; a wanderer

machine |məˈ sh ēn|

noun

an apparatus using or applying mechanical power and having several parts, each with a definite function and together performing a particular task : a fax machine | a shredding machine.

• [usu. with adj. ] a coin-operated dispenser : a candy machine.

• technical any device that transmits a force or directs its application.

• figurative an efficient and well-organized group of powerful people : his campaign illustrated the continuing strength of a powerful political machine.

• figurative a person who acts with the mechanical efficiency of a machine : comedians are more than just laugh machines.

verb [ trans. ]

(esp. in manufacturing) make or operate on with a machine : [as adj. ] ( machined)