trigger mechanism
noun
a physiological or psychological process caused by a stimulus and resulting in a usually severe reaction.
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The trigger mechanism and metrics for establishing this success are still unclear.
Immigration Reform Proposal Shows Similar Ideas Betweeen Bush and Obama | John Avlon | January 31, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTInside the case was some sort of a trigger mechanism operated by a button on the outside.
Sliding up and down in the trough was a block, fitted with a trigger mechanism, through which passed the middle of the bowstring.
The bird is caught when it alights on the trigger mechanism which snaps a noose as the bird perches on it.
A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan | John U. WolffI had pressed down too hard on the trigger mechanism, in the heat of the battle, and this had jammed.
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