essential mechanism

collocation in English

meaningsofessentialandmechanism

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essential
adjective
uk
/ɪˈsen.ʃəl/
us
/ɪˈsen.ʃəl/
necessary ...
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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 ofessentialandmechanismfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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However, in all of them, theessentialmechanismdepends on the relationship of determining a mean between extremes, a maximum and a minimum.
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This is theessentialmechanismof central spark ignition in the usual laser-produced plasmas at spherical irradiation by lasers.
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In many ways fear is anessentialmechanism.
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Theessentialmechanismin all this is of course the planning system which has been in more or less its present state since 1947.
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The necessary checking and quality control of products is anessentialmechanismin achieving this objective.
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Wages councils are anessentialmechanismfor the protection of the most vulnerable workers in our society.
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Nevertheless, this will remain anessentialmechanismfor assisting heavily export-dependent sectors to maintain a position in export markets in periods when prices are plunging and markets are uncertain.
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It is anessentialmechanisminvolved in fluid balance.
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It has been suggested that sensory enhancement is anessentialmechanismthat underlies object-based attention.
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Since any computation is simply a composition of the evaluation of suitable functions on suitable primitive arguments, this simple substitution principle suffices to capture theessentialmechanismof computation.
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Regressive events such as cell death and the elimination of long axon collaterals and dendritic processes are essential mechanisms of brain maturation.
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Chieftaincies were not only involved in the struggles that constituted the essential mechanisms for rapid stratification but were often the physical location of those struggles.
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Clark argued that accounting provided anessentialmechanismfor the monitoring of the behavior of economically mighty firms to assure their operation within the limits established by regulation.
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They provide the essential mechanisms without which the work will not be done.
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