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Evolution Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Evolution
(n.)
The formation of an involute by unwrapping a thread from a curve as an evolute.
(n.)
The extraction of roots; -- the reverse of involution.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(n.)
A series of things unrolled or unfolded.
(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.
(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.
(n.)
The formation of an involute by unwrapping a thread from a curve as an evolute.
(n.)
The extraction of roots; -- the reverse of involution.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(n.)
A series of things unrolled or unfolded.
(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.
(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.
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evolution
Noun
1. a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage); "the development of his ideas took many years"; "the evolution of Greek civilization"; "the slow development of her skill as a writer"
(synonym) development
(antonym) degeneration, devolution
(hypernym) process
(hyponym) assibilation
(derivation) evolve
2. (biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms
(synonym) phylogeny, phylogenesis
(hypernym) organic process, biological process
(hyponym) anamorphosis, anamorphism
(derivation) develop, acquire, evolve
(classification) biology, biological science
(class) Scopes trial
Noun
1. a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage); "the development of his ideas took many years"; "the evolution of Greek civilization"; "the slow development of her skill as a writer"
(synonym) development
(antonym) degeneration, devolution
(hypernym) process
(hyponym) assibilation
(derivation) evolve
2. (biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms
(synonym) phylogeny, phylogenesis
(hypernym) organic process, biological process
(hyponym) anamorphosis, anamorphism
(derivation) develop, acquire, evolve
(classification) biology, biological science
(class) Scopes trial
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evolution
evolution
\ev`o*lu"tion\ (?), n. [l. evolutio an unrolling: cf. f. évolution evolution. see evolve.]
1. 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.
2. a series of things unrolled or unfolded. "the whole evolution of ages." h. more.
3. (geom.) the formation of an involute by unwrapping a thread from a curve as an evolute. utton.
4. (arith. & alg.) the extraction of roots; -- the reverse of involution.
5. (mil. & naval) 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. those evolutions are best which can be executed with the greatest celerity, compatible with regularity. ampbell.
6. (biol.) (a) 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. (b) that theory of generation which supposes the germ to preëxist in the parent, and its parts to be developed, but not actually formed, by the procreative act; -- opposed to epigenesis.
7. (metaph.) 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 is to me series with development.
similar words(3)
requirements acquisition and controlled evolution
theory of evolution
theory of organic evolution
evolution
\ev`o*lu"tion\ (?), n. [l. evolutio an unrolling: cf. f. évolution evolution. see evolve.]
1. 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.
2. a series of things unrolled or unfolded. "the whole evolution of ages." h. more.
3. (geom.) the formation of an involute by unwrapping a thread from a curve as an evolute. utton.
4. (arith. & alg.) the extraction of roots; -- the reverse of involution.
5. (mil. & naval) 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. those evolutions are best which can be executed with the greatest celerity, compatible with regularity. ampbell.
6. (biol.) (a) 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. (b) that theory of generation which supposes the germ to preëxist in the parent, and its parts to be developed, but not actually formed, by the procreative act; -- opposed to epigenesis.
7. (metaph.) 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 is to me series with development.
similar words(3)
requirements acquisition and controlled evolution
theory of evolution
theory of organic evolution
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evolution
Development or growth.
Development or growth.
Evolution Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Evolution
The continuing process of change.
The continuing process of change.
Evolution Definition from Religion & Spirituality Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Evolution
Evolution [from Latin evolutio unrolling, opening] The unfolding or bringing into manifestation of the inherent, already inwardly existing characteristics of a being; it is therefore growth from within, development. The process is universal, since the universe consists of living beings, all of which are growing because unfolding. Evolution presupposes two main factors: the entity which is evolving, and the form which is evolved. These two are related as spirit to matter, as the monad to its organism. Every one of the countless beings which constitute the universe is essentially a spark of the universal divine fire, life, or spirit; and at any time is at one stage or another of a continuous career of unfolding growth. Every spark creates for itself a succession of forms by which it expresses more or less of its inherent qualities. The physical vehicles are merely the physical end-products; before these physical imbodiments are engendered, there are other imbodiments made of subtler grades of matter or consciousness-substance on intermediate planes, and astral stuff on the lower plane close to the physical. Evolution is a continual reaction between what is within and what is without: environment modifies growth; but without the urge of the indwelling monad, there could be no action upon environment, nor any reaction by environment.
Evolution is not a process of accretion from without; such accretion could not produce an organism unless the full plan of that organism existed already latently in ideation. Nor is evolution in the vegetable and animal kingdoms a process of mere transformism by which one physical organism changes into another. The changes take place because of the unfolding growth of the indwelling entity, each new evolutional enfoldment of the latter impacting on the body, and therefore more or less modifying it; and this indwelling entity in this manner builds for itself new forms suitable to its own changed or more largely unfolded states.
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Evolution [from Latin evolutio unrolling, opening] The unfolding or bringing into manifestation of the inherent, already inwardly existing characteristics of a being; it is therefore growth from within, development. The process is universal, since the universe consists of living beings, all of which are growing because unfolding. Evolution presupposes two main factors: the entity which is evolving, and the form which is evolved. These two are related as spirit to matter, as the monad to its organism. Every one of the countless beings which constitute the universe is essentially a spark of the universal divine fire, life, or spirit; and at any time is at one stage or another of a continuous career of unfolding growth. Every spark creates for itself a succession of forms by which it expresses more or less of its inherent qualities. The physical vehicles are merely the physical end-products; before these physical imbodiments are engendered, there are other imbodiments made of subtler grades of matter or consciousness-substance on intermediate planes, and astral stuff on the lower plane close to the physical. Evolution is a continual reaction between what is within and what is without: environment modifies growth; but without the urge of the indwelling monad, there could be no action upon environment, nor any reaction by environment.
Evolution is not a process of accretion from without; such accretion could not produce an organism unless the full plan of that organism existed already latently in ideation. Nor is evolution in the vegetable and animal kingdoms a process of mere transformism by which one physical organism changes into another. The changes take place because of the unfolding growth of the indwelling entity, each new evolutional enfoldment of the latter impacting on the body, and therefore more or less modifying it; and this indwelling entity in this manner builds for itself new forms suitable to its own changed or more largely unfolded states.
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Evolution Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Evolution Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Evolution
The process that results in heritable changes in a population spread over many generations (change in allele frequencies over time). Biological evolution refers to populations and not to individuals and that the changes must be passed on to the next generations. Genes mutate, individuals are selected, populations evolve. Link to evolution-related links.
The process that results in heritable changes in a population spread over many generations (change in allele frequencies over time). Biological evolution refers to populations and not to individuals and that the changes must be passed on to the next generations. Genes mutate, individuals are selected, populations evolve. Link to evolution-related links.
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Evolution
Is a process by which species come to possess genetic adaptations to their environment. Its mechanism is natural selection. It also requires genetic mutations.
Is a process by which species come to possess genetic adaptations to their environment. Its mechanism is natural selection. It also requires genetic mutations.
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Evolution
(l) A process of continuous change from a lower, simpler, or worse, to a higher, more complex, or better state; a process of change in some direction. (Webster's) (2) The coming into being of a new and higher order process. (Laszlo) (3) The development of each species from different, usually simpler ancestral forms. The more similar are two species, the closer in time are they likely to be to a common ancestor. (Arbib) (4) history of change in the realization of an invariant organization embodied in independent unities sequentially generated through reproductive steps, in which the particular structural realization of each unity arises as a modification of the preceding one (or ones) which, thus, constitutes both its sequential and historical antecedent. (Maturana and Varela, 1979)
The theory concerned with how existing varieties of species of organisms, plants and animals, have come about through a progress ive diversification of ancestral forms interacting with their respective environments. The theory pits essentially two processes against each other: First, variety in the inherited endowment of a species is generated by the combination of genetic material through the mating of parent organisms and by essentially random mutation of a gene, or in the structure of chromosomes. Second, variety in the organisms that come into being as the result of suitable genetic endowments is reduced by natural selection, i.e. by elimination of those organisms that are either unable to develop, unfit or ill equipped to live in their environment. What survives the alternating pressures of these two processes is that genetic material which has proven not to be disadvantageous. For biology, evolution is a theory of communication of GENETIC INFORMATION in the presence of noise and through a selective channel provided by the grown organisms with selection criteria stemming primarily from organism-environment interactions. For cybernetics, evolution is the process in which variety is alternatingly generated and destroyed so that which survives is not being effected by either.
To clarify three common misunderstandings: Evolution is an essentially stochastic process, not a deterministic one. It applies to the interaction between species or organisms and their environments, not to particular organisms. Evolution lets survive all those organisms that do not develop or exhibit disadvantageous properties. It does not favor the fittest. Evolution is an opportunistic process, neither progressive nor guided by any particular goal. A "survival instinct" postulated by many biologists and ingrained in popular culture does not exist. (Krippendorff )
(l) A process of continuous change from a lower, simpler, or worse, to a higher, more complex, or better state; a process of change in some direction. (Webster's) (2) The coming into being of a new and higher order process. (Laszlo) (3) The development of each species from different, usually simpler ancestral forms. The more similar are two species, the closer in time are they likely to be to a common ancestor. (Arbib) (4) history of change in the realization of an invariant organization embodied in independent unities sequentially generated through reproductive steps, in which the particular structural realization of each unity arises as a modification of the preceding one (or ones) which, thus, constitutes both its sequential and historical antecedent. (Maturana and Varela, 1979)
The theory concerned with how existing varieties of species of organisms, plants and animals, have come about through a progress ive diversification of ancestral forms interacting with their respective environments. The theory pits essentially two processes against each other: First, variety in the inherited endowment of a species is generated by the combination of genetic material through the mating of parent organisms and by essentially random mutation of a gene, or in the structure of chromosomes. Second, variety in the organisms that come into being as the result of suitable genetic endowments is reduced by natural selection, i.e. by elimination of those organisms that are either unable to develop, unfit or ill equipped to live in their environment. What survives the alternating pressures of these two processes is that genetic material which has proven not to be disadvantageous. For biology, evolution is a theory of communication of GENETIC INFORMATION in the presence of noise and through a selective channel provided by the grown organisms with selection criteria stemming primarily from organism-environment interactions. For cybernetics, evolution is the process in which variety is alternatingly generated and destroyed so that which survives is not being effected by either.
To clarify three common misunderstandings: Evolution is an essentially stochastic process, not a deterministic one. It applies to the interaction between species or organisms and their environments, not to particular organisms. Evolution lets survive all those organisms that do not develop or exhibit disadvantageous properties. It does not favor the fittest. Evolution is an opportunistic process, neither progressive nor guided by any particular goal. A "survival instinct" postulated by many biologists and ingrained in popular culture does not exist. (Krippendorff )
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EVOLUTION
The change of biological organisms by means of the adaptation to the demands of the physical environment. Organisms that successfully adapt pass on their genes to future generations thereby changing the species itself.
The change of biological organisms by means of the adaptation to the demands of the physical environment. Organisms that successfully adapt pass on their genes to future generations thereby changing the species itself.
Evolution Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Evolution
In biology, evolution is the change in the inherited traits of a population from generation to generation. These traits are the expression of genes that are copied and passed on to offspring during reproduction. Mutations in these genes can produce new or altered traits, resulting in heritable differences (genetic variation) between organisms. New traits can also come from transfer of genes between populations, as in migration, or between species, in horizontal gene transfer. Evolution occurs when these heritable differences become more common or rare in a population, either non-randomly through natural selection or randomly through genetic drift.
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