mechanistic

[mek-uh-nis-tik]

adjective

1. of or relating to the theory of mechanism or to mechanists.

2. of or relating to mechanics.

3. mechanical.

mechanistic

/ ˌmɛkəˈnɪstɪk /

adjective

1. philosophy of or relating to the theory of mechanism

2. maths of or relating to mechanics

Other Word Forms

• mechanistically adverb
• antimechanistic adjective
• antimechanistically adverb
• nonmechanistic adjective
• semimechanistic adjective
• unmechanistic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of mechanistic¹

First recorded in 1880–85; mechanist + -ic

Example Sentences

The researchers plan to combine microbial data with genetic and metabolic information to better understand how gut microbes influence heart disease at a mechanistic level.

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The destruction of that city, he observed, marked the moment when “mechanistic civilization has come to its final stage of savagery.”

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“The non-wildland zoning doesn’t involve any direct sort of mechanistic fire behavior assessment,” David Sapsis, a Cal Fire research manager who oversees the mapping efforts, told The Times in January before the rollout began.

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The researchers also provide the first genetic and mechanistic evidence of how this intestinal epithelial expansion occurs in mothers, with direct implications for the transgenerational health of the babies.

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This work illustrates the power or a multi-technique operando characterization approach combined with machine learning and modelling to extract in depth mechanistic insight.

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