mechanism

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The change was emphatically backed by the Rugby Football Union's Council, with 51 votes in favour of switching away from a traditional promotion and relegation mechanism and only four against.

From BBC

Taken together, topics like these are known as psi, the scientific study of “processes of information or energy transfer that are currently unexplained in terms of known physical or biological mechanisms.”

From Literature

There is potentially leverage at the investor level through the use of derivatives and other mechanisms.

From MarketWatch

"While the exact biological mechanisms remain to be understood, the potential for vaccination to reduce inflammation makes it a promising addition to broader strategies aimed at promoting resilience and slowing age-related decline."

From Science Daily

"We've had to adapt our data centres' designs to accommodate different power structures and different cooling mechanisms."

From Barron's