Progress was slow, however, due to the poor power-to-weight ratio of the early engines, as well as the difficulty inherent in mechanically applying power to multiple driving wheels on swivelling trucks (bogies).

He said the review was carried out by robots "programmed with check lists" that they apply mechanically.

Experienced aquarists warn against mechanically applying these rules because they do not consider other important issues such as growth rate, activity level, social behavior, and so on.

The Starfleet Medical Academy had, of course, included training in emergency medicine that covered this sort of eventuality, but that didn't make it any more pleasant for her to mechanically apply the bonds that would hold the artery together to facilitate the body's natural healing ability.

He lashed out at fellow avant-gardists for "mechanically applying technology to their art."

An avowed, self-taught Marxist, he insisted that a socialist revolution should evolve organically in Latin America on the basis of local conditions and practices, not the result of mechanically applying a European formula.

A study by Tennessee Valley Authority mechanically applied a small amount of dust over a radiant barrier and found no significant effect when testing for performance.

The game is solved now-I just have to mechanically apply the solutions, in much the same way as an expert Rubik's Cube solver applies fixed rules to solve the cube.

A court mechanically applying a strict "separate demand" test could improvidently wind up condemning "integrations" that represent genuine improvements to software that are benign from the standpoint of consumer welfare and a competitive market.

After the lock was triggered, and the burning match mechanically applied, the weapon fired in a cloud of smoke, but then had to be reloaded.