internal mechanism

collocation in English

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internal
adjective
uk
/ɪnˈtɜː.nəl/us
/ɪnˈtɝː.nəl/
inside ...
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mechanism
noun[C]
uk
/ˈmek.ə.nɪ.zəm/us
/ˈmek.ə.nɪ.zəm/
a part of a machine, or a set of parts that ...
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(Definition ofinternalandmechanismfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The problem is that in focusing on an inheritedinternalmechanism, the role of learning over an organism's lifetime tends to get ignored.
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The purpose of the concept of reinforcement is to serve as a method of prediction and explanation, not to point to aninternalmechanism.
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By moving from the population level to the individual level, it has become possible to systematically examine theinternalmechanismof policy adoption.
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However, it should be mentioned that using the same features does not necessarily mean that theinternalmechanismof feature processing is identical.
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And this criterion would hold regardless of the state of his nervous system, regardless of the activity or lack of activity of anyinternalmechanism.
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The first was that equilibrium models of capitalism did not illuminate anyinternalmechanismof change.
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By definition, a disorder involves a failure of aninternalmechanismto perform its function.
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It does not follow from this fact, however, that altruism cannot be understood without an exact specification of theinternalmechanismunderlying it ("how individuals represent and acquire this knowledge").
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Third, a dysfunction of someinternalmechanismis not enough to imply disorder.
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In all these cases, the internalization account proposes that a pervasive external regularity is the source of an evolutionary acquiredinternalmechanismthat underlies a behavioral effect.
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The trade of the world is rather like theinternalmechanismof a clock.
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The essence of those proposals was a stronginternalmechanismin the civil service to ensure the implementation of the duty.
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If there is nointernalmechanism, that is yet another reason why people may believe that they have an excuse to go outside.
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The army'sinternalmechanismis such that any breach of discipline does not go unpunished.
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This had the effect of lowering the budget for the camera'sinternalmechanism.
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Theinternalmechanismconsists of six iron plates tied to a metal rope, which are connected to a chain of wheels.
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However, the term "globe valve" is still often used for valves that have such aninternalmechanism.
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Before striking, the ant opens its mandibles extremely widely and locks them in this position by aninternalmechanism.
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Ultimately, it taxes the same people and businesses the same amounts of money, despite itsinternalmechanismbeing different.
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