biomechanicadj.

1929 H. Carter New Spirit Russ. Theatre ii. viii. 153 The most convincing proof of the taming of the old monster is found not in bio-mechanic acting..but in machine dances.

1972 Cinema Jrnl. 11 13 Meyerhold's use of industrial decor and his theory of biomechanic acting carried Constructivism into the theatre.

1996 N.Y. Times 12 Aug. (Late ed.) c9 In his [sc. Meyerhold's] hometown of Penza,..there is scant interest in biomechanic movement, Symbolist plays or Constructivist set design.

2007 S. Murray & J. Keefe Physical Theatres vii. 206 Marlene Dietrich: for Meyerhold and Eisenstein an embodiment of the quintessential ‘biomechanic’ actor.

1937 Genetica 19 435 Opposed to this remnant of the determinant conception of heredity, is the biomechanic theory of inheritance and development.

1943 Amer. Jrnl. Orthodontics & Oral Surg. 29 564 The biomechanic appliances are activated solely by means of the function of the masticatory muscles.

1986 N. Corlett et al. Ergonomics of Working Postures iv. 181 A further important contribution from this safe imaging device is the opportunity to measure precisely the lever arms of many of the muscles which are the subject of biomechanic calculations.

2007 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 16 July d5/6 We're hoping he's willing to come to a lab so we can get him in for some biomechanic analysis, really see how it alters the way he runs and if it helps him.