mechanistic
adjective
of or relating to the theory of mechanism or to mechanists.
mechanistically
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a word derived from
mechanistic.
Example Sentences
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Others — often referred to as “me too” drugs — are chemically or mechanistically similar to existing therapies, designed to compete within established categories rather than to open new frontiers.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 15, 2026
The discovery of the oscillatory behavior with the Fischer Tropsch reaction was very surprising because the reaction is mechanistically extremely complicated.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 5, 2023
“The sun is a trigger for, mechanistically, causing damage to skin cells of various types that lead to different types of skin cancer,” he said.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 9, 2022
These broad-acting antivirals weren’t designed specifically to target SARS-CoV-2, but it seemed mechanistically feasible that they could.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 12, 2021
No wonder that none of these theories has proved really satisfactory even to mechanistically orientated thinking.
From Man or Matter by Ernst Lehrs
