| Noun | 1. | Central Intelligence Machinery - the United Kingdom's central unit for the tasking and coordination and funding of intelligence and security agencies international intelligence agency - an intelligence agency outside the United States Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom |