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1. (n.) evolution
any process of formation or growth; development:
the evolution of the drama.
2. evolution
a product of development; something evolved.
3. evolution
Biol.
4. evolution
change in the gene pool of a population from generation to generation by such processes as mutation, natural selection, and genetic drift.
5. evolution
the development of a species or other group of organisms; phylogeny.
6. evolution
the theory that all existing organisms developed from earlier forms by natural selection; Darwinism.
7. evolution
a process of gradual, progressive change and development, as in a social or economic structure.
8. evolution
a motion incomplete in itself, but combining with coordinated motions to produce a single action, as in a machine.
9. evolution
a pattern formed by a series of movements:
the evolutions of a figure skater.
10. evolution
Math. the extraction of a root from a quantity.
11. evolution
a military training exercise.
12. evolution
a movement executed by troops in formation.
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| Definition of 'evolution' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) development, evolution
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"
2. (noun) evolution, organic evolution, phylogeny, phylogenesis
(biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms
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1. (noun) evolution
gradual change and development
the evolution of a new technology
2. evolution
the belief that living things change and develop over time to suit their environment
the evolution of man; evolutionary development
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| Definition of 'evolution' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) evolution
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. (noun) evolution
a series of things unrolled or unfolded
3. (noun) evolution
the formation of an involute by unwrapping a thread from a curve as an evolute
4. (noun) evolution
the extraction of roots; -- the reverse of involution
5. (noun) evolution
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
6. (noun) evolution
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
7. (noun) evolution
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
8. (noun) evolution
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
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. evolution
the theory that the several species of plants and animals on the globe were not created in their present form, but have all been evolved by modifications of structure from cruder forms under or coincident with change of environment, an idea which is being applied to everything organic in the spiritual as well as the natural world. See Darwinian Theory.
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| Definitions of 'evolution' |
The Roycroft Dictionary |
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evolution
1. A word that has reclassified in an entertaining manner our impermeable and eternal ignorance.
2. The growth of a thing from the simple to the complex, and the wasting away of the complex until it is simpler than ever.
3. The one superstition that is cordially hated by theologues.
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| Definition of 'evolution' |
U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. evolution
The process of cumulative change over successive generations through which organisms acquire their distinguishing morphological and physiological characteristics.
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Sense: gradual working out or development
the evolution of our form of government.
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 Afrikaans: ontplooiing |
 Arabic: تَطَوُّر، نُشوء |
 Bulgarian: произход |
 Brazilian: evolução |
 Czech: vývoj |
 German: die Entwicklung |
 Danish: udvikling |
 Greek: εξέλιξη |
 Spanish: evolución, desarrollo |
 Estonian: arenemine |
 Farsi: تکامل؛ تحول |
 Finnish: kehitys |
 French: évolution |
 Hebrew: הִתפַּתחוּת |
 Hindi: क्रम विकास |
 Croatian: razvoj, postajanje |
 Hungarian: (ki)fejlődés |
 Indonesian: evolusi |
 Icelandic: þróun |
 Italian: sviluppo |
 Japanese: 発展 |
 Korean: 발전 |
 Lithuanian: vystymas(is), raida |
 Latvian: attīstība |
 Malay: perkembangan |
 Dutch: ontwikkeling |
 Norwegian: utvikling, evolusjon, utf |
 Polish: rozwój |
 Persian: تکامل؛ تحول |
 Pashto: تدريجى تكامل، هغه نظريه چ |
 Portuguese: evolução |
 Romanian: evoluţie |
 Russian: процесс изменения |
 Slovak: vývoj |
 Slovenian: razvoj |
 Serbian: razvijanje |
 Swedish: utveckling |
 Thai: วิวัฒนาการ |
 Turkish: gelişim |
 Taiwanese: 發展，演變 |
 Ukrainian: розвиток |
 Urdu: تدریجی ترقی |
 Vietnamese: sự tiến triển |
 Chinese: 发展，演变 |
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