mechanistic
adjective
mech·a·nis·tic
ˌme-kə-ˈni-stik 
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Reasons Why Human Transmission Is Low There’s also some epidemiological reasons that back up these mechanistic barriers to infection in humans.
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Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 20 Dec. 2024
Whereas Jomini gave planners somewhat more mechanistic rules regarding battlefield leadership, distance, timing, and logistics, Clausewitz taught them to appreciate other, less measurable elements, such as passion, unpredictability, chance, and friction.
—Paul Kennedy, Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2014
Lagrange’s method, despite seeming like a mere mathematical convenience at the time, loosened the straitjacket of Newton’s mechanistic view of the universe as a sequence of falling dominos.
—Charlie Wood, WIRED, 3 Nov. 2024
So, for example, a mechanistic AI approach might be to represent the different reasons why a person may choose to eat a Swift Bieber.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2024
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Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 20 Dec. 2024
Whereas Jomini gave planners somewhat more mechanistic rules regarding battlefield leadership, distance, timing, and logistics, Clausewitz taught them to appreciate other, less measurable elements, such as passion, unpredictability, chance, and friction.
—Paul Kennedy, Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2014
Lagrange’s method, despite seeming like a mere mathematical convenience at the time, loosened the straitjacket of Newton’s mechanistic view of the universe as a sequence of falling dominos.
—Charlie Wood, WIRED, 3 Nov. 2024
So, for example, a mechanistic AI approach might be to represent the different reasons why a person may choose to eat a Swift Bieber.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2024
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“Mechanistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mechanistic. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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