Etym. manual (adj.) c. 1400, from Latin manualis “of or belonging to the hand; that can be thrown by hand,” from manus “hand, strength, power over; armed force; handwriting.”
Etym. input Middle English verb (late 14c.) meaning “to put in, place, set.”
Definition
- The method of operation in which an operator inputs a value to a given parameter regardless of how it would affect any other parameter. The input of the parameter does not adjust the variables in any physiological manner (Palaganas, Maxworthy, Epps, & Mancini, 2015).
Compare: PHYSIOLOGIC MODELING, PREPACKAGE SCENARIO, “RUNNING ON THE FLY”