immechanical

English

Etymology

From im- +‎ mechanical.

Adjective

immechanical (comparative more immechanical, superlative most immechanical)

  1. (obsolete) Not mechanical.
    • 1705, George Cheyne, “Of the Physical Laws, and the Uniform Appearances of Nature. Law III.”, in Philosophical Principles of Natural Religion: […], London: […] George Strahan […], →OCLC, § XXVII, page 51:
      But ev'n the admiſſion of ſuch an Hypotheſis removes us but one Step further from Immechanical Principles, for the Cauſe of the Motion of this ſubtile Fluid, vvhich is the Cauſe of Gravity, is it ſelf Immechanical.

Derived terms

References

“immechanical”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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