natural mechanism

collocation in English

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natural
adjective
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/ˈnætʃ.ər.əl/us
/ˈnætʃ.ɚ.əl/
as found in nature and not involving anything made or done ...
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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 ofnaturalandmechanismfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Imitation is anaturalmechanisminvolving perception-action coupling which plays a central role in child development.
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It also provides anaturalmechanismfor studying the functional links between perception and action.
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Freemasonry was regarded as anaturalmechanismfor reinforcing social and professional linkages among the local middle class: it was designed 'to extend networks, power and in-uence'.
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Natural mechanisms appear to limit the mobility of transposable elements.
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Religion has not been consistently treated like other aspects of human culture - a natural entity explicable by natural mechanisms.
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That revealed to me that there are natural mechanisms, if one knows what one is doing.
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In other words, we need to return to the natural mechanisms of the ecosphere, because they are more efficient and reliable, though perhaps not so dramatic in the short term.
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Biological pest control is the use of natural mechanisms such as predation to limit the growth and prevalence of a pest.
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It relies on predation, parasitism, herbivory, or other natural mechanisms, but typically also involves an active human management role.
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Liberalism claims to supervise the natural mechanisms of behaviour and production, but must intervene when it notices irregularities. 3.
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If one were to attempt to try to explain it scientifically, there are only four fundamental forces (conventionally), limiting the choice of possible natural mechanisms.
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There are also natural mechanisms for variation including climate oscillations, changes in solar activity, and volcanic activity.
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Assuming the source of deep ocean water is environmentally friendly and replenished by natural mechanisms, it forms a more innovative basis for cleaner energy than current fossil-fuel-derived energy.
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Voxeet's technology reproduces these natural mechanisms using audio picked up by multiple microphones.
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Explanations often invoked to resolve fine-tuning problems include natural mechanisms by which the values of the parameters may be constrained to their observed values, and the anthropic principle.
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He considers whether the only known natural mechanisms of physical law and chance, alone or in combination, can generate such information, and concludes that they can not.
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However, if protein misfolding can not be avoided, perhaps the cells natural mechanisms for degradation can be bolstered to better deal with the proteins before they begin to aggregate.
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