specific mechanism
collocation in Englishmeaningsofspecificandmechanism
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specific
adjective
uk/spəˈsɪf.ɪk/us/spəˈsɪf.ɪk/
relating to one thing and not ...
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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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Biological compatibility attributes such an act not to aspecificmechanismfor running into burning buildings, but to a general mechanism for altruism itself.
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Although user involvement in general has been relatively well studied, self-assessment as aspecificmechanismhas not.
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Cassiopeia does not provide aspecificmechanismfor describing the agent communications and interactions.
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Further study is needed to more fully understand thespecificmechanismaccounting for this common sound sequence advantage in homonym learning.
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The infra-structure for national control already exists within the governmental health agencies, but nospecificmechanismfor regional level cooperation has been developed.
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Whatever thespecificmechanismis for the involvement of these sugars and dehydrin-like proteins in desiccation tolerance, it is likely to be quantitative in nature.
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The current data support these previous suggestions regarding aspecificmechanismunderlying children's noun generalizations.
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Note that thespecificmechanismthat produces the spatial patterns is unknown and not determinable via spatial analyses.
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In the case of focal point selection, we have offered nospecificmechanismfor the inductive inference regarding the opponent's likely choice, as based on general experience with human behavior.
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Perhaps not surprisingly, we found that the energy model, with nospecificmechanismfor detecting orientation disparities, could not signal orientation differences independently of the monocular orientations.
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The effectiveness of antipsychotic medication across a variety of psychotic symptoms and across etiological conditions testifies against there being aspecificmechanismfor hallucinations in schizophrenia.
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Now given the assumption that the scope of a wh-phrase is determined by retrieval of a stored interrogative operator, we need aspecificmechanismthat governs wh-retreival.
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However, nospecificmechanismhas been put in place to consider environmental matters in isolation.
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There must be aspecificmechanismproviding incentives and certain tax incentives to create jobs for young people and the elderly.
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These issues require a horizontal approach and, therefore, we propose finalising them at a later date in aspecificmechanism.
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Clause 40(4)(b) provides aspecificmechanismfor giving the subject reasons for refusal, where it is appropriate.
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The amendment is a point well raised, but thespecificmechanismis not operative.
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