- Mechanically determined.
- Philosophy. Of or relating to the philosophy of mechanism, especially tending to explain phenomena only by reference to physical or biological causes.
- Automatic and impersonal; mechanical.
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The adjective has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
explained in terms of physical forces
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