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unmeˈchanical, a. (un-1 7.)
1674Boyle Grounds Corpusc. Philos. 13 The like unmechanical principles and agents. 1693Phil. Trans. XVII. 660 Deep Pools, which could never have been searched by these unmechanical people. 1794G. Adams Nat. & Exp. Philos. III. xxiv. 21 It is absurd in philosophers to use unmechanical principles, where mechanical ones will answer the purpose. 1825J. Nicholson Operat. Mechanic 368 This unmechanical and desultory mode of operation. 1845Ford Handbk. Spain ii. 853 The unmechanical Spaniards still work their mines..as the..Iberians did. 1865Mrs. Whitney Gayworthys xxvii, Unscrupulous, even doubting thoughts, they might be; yet real, unmechanical. |