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Evolution (IPA: /ˌɛvəˈɫuʃən/, /ˌɛvoʊˈɫuʃən/, /ˌivəˈɫuʃən/, /ˌivoʊˈɫuʃən/)


Evolution (n.)

The act of unfolding or unrolling; hence, in the process of growth; development; as, the evolution of a flower from a bud, or an animal from the egg.

Evolution (n.)

A series of things unrolled or unfolded.

Evolution (n.)

The formation of an involute by unwrapping a thread from a curve as an evolute.

Evolution (n.)

The extraction of roots; -- the reverse of involution.

Evolution (n.)

A prescribed movement of a body of troops, or a vessel or fleet; any movement designed to effect a new arrangement or disposition; a maneuver.

Evolution (n.)

A general name for the history of the steps by which any living organism has acquired the morphological and physiological characters which distinguish it; a gradual unfolding of successive phases of growth or development.

Evolution (n.)

That theory of generation which supposes the germ to preexist in the parent, and its parts to be developed, but not actually formed, by the procreative act; -- opposed to epigenesis.

Evolution (n.)

That series of changes under natural law which involves continuous progress from the homogeneous to the heterogeneous in structure, and from the single and simple to the diverse and manifold in quality or function. The pocess is by some limited to organic beings; by others it is applied to the inorganic and the psychical. It is also applied to explain the existence and growth of institutions, manners, language, civilization, and every product of human activity. The agencies and laws of the process are variously explained by different philosophrs.

Evolution

Change in the inherited characteristics of biological populations over successive generations

Evolution

Gradual change

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Evolution Synonyms

Development

Evolution Synonyms

Organic Evolution, Phylogeny, Phylogenesis

Evolution Rhymes


Lucian, Shooshan

Aleutian, Confucian, Dilution, Pollution, Solution

Absolution, Andalusian, Attribution, Constitution, Contribution, Devolution, Diminution, Dissolution, Distribution, Elocution, Evolution, Execution, Institution, Lilliputian, Persecution, Prosecution, Prostitution, Resolution, Restitution, Retribution, Revolution, Substitution
Electrocution, Redistribution

Spanish Translation

Evolution in Spanish is Evolución

Tagalog Translation

Evolution in Tagalog is Ebolusyon

Example Sentence (Quote)

" [The law of evolution states that] complexity increases in terms of differentiation and structure." - Kenneth Boulding

Example Sentence (Quote)

" [While research] has revealed unexpected, stunning complexity, no progress at all has been made in understanding how that complexity could evolve by unintelligent processes." - Evolution

Example Sentence (Quote)

"A fire-mist and a planet, A crystal and a cell, A jellyfish and a saurian, And caves where the cavemen dwell; Then a sense of law and beauty, And a face turned from the clod"” Some call it Evolution, And others call it God." - Evolution

Example Sentence (Quote)

"A mighty stream of tendency." - Evolution

Example Sentence (Quote)

"A. D'Abro, The Evolution of Scientific Thought from Newton to Einstein (1927) pp. 126-127." - James Clerk Maxwell


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