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nonmechanical

  • a word derived from mechanical.
    mechanical
    adjective
    having to do with machinery.

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Lapis and others also noted that the law, as written, expressly prohibits chemical and nonmechanical forms of recycling.

From Los Angeles Times May 30, 2025

A nonmechanical water meter could utilize the Hall effect by applying a magnetic field across a metal pipe and measuring the Hall voltage produced.

From Textbooks Aug. 12, 2015

The magnetic force on the current passed through this fluid can be used as a nonmechanical pump.

From Textbooks Aug. 12, 2015

Until recently newspapers had no choice except to retain their human typesetters, mostly for their nonmechanical skill in hyphenating words.

From Time Magazine Archive