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Definition of Mechanistic
1. Adjective. Explained in terms of physical forces. "A mechanistic universe"
2. Adjective. Of or relating to the philosophical theory of mechanism.
Definition of Mechanistic
1. Adjective. Having the impersonal and automatic characteristics of a machine ¹
2. Adjective. Predetermined by, or as if by, a mechanism ¹
3. Adjective. (philosophy) Having a physical or biological cause ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mechanistic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mechanistic
Literary usage of Mechanistic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Organism and Environment as Illustrated by the Physiology of Breathing by John Scott Haldane (1917)
"mechanistic explanation implies the assumption of more and more definite and ...
The helpless struggling in this direction of the mechanistic school which ..."
2. Organism and Environment as Illustrated by the Physiology of Breathing by John Scott Haldane (1917)
"mechanistic explanation implies the assumption of more and more definite and ...
The helpless struggling in this direction of the mechanistic school which ..."
3. The System of Animate Nature: The Gifford Lectures Delivered in the by John Arthur Thomson (1920)
"Criticism of mechanistic Descriptions of Everyday Functions. § 5. ... Difficulty of
Applying mechanistic Formulas to Development. § 7. ..."
4. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1913)
"THE mechanistic PROBLEM. This number of The Monist contains much valuable material
on the pro and con of the mechanistic problem. ..."
5. The Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research by American Society for Psychical Research (1914)
"He has proved a large number of facts, but he has not proved any " mechanistic
conception of life ", unless that doctrine be merely convertible with his ..."
6. Molecular Neurobiology: Proceedings of the 2nd NIMH Conference by Steven Zalcman (1995)
"These three capabilities—mechanistic simplicity, structural understanding, and
molecular manipulability— have made CTX an informative probe of its K* ..."
7. Pellet-clad Interaction in Water Reactor Fuels: Seminar Proceedings, Aix-en by Direction de l'énergie nucléaire, DEC., Electricité de France, OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (2005)
"The coupling of the thermal and mechanical processes, mentioned above, with
various feedback loops is best simulated by a mechanistic fuel code. ..."
8. Proceedings of the second Pan American scientific congress: Washington, U. S by Glen Levin Swiggett (1917)
"There is an additional paper by Dr. Clowes, on "The mechanistic theory of cancer,"
which is very similar in its contents to the present papers. ..."
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