Definition of evolution

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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..

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Menstrual :: Menstrual (a.) Recurring once a month; monthly; gone through in a month; as, the menstrual revolution of the moon; pertaining to monthly changes; as, the menstrual equation of the sun's place..
Revolution :: Revolution (n.) The act of revolving, or turning round on an axis or a center; the motion of a body round a fixed point or line; rotation; as, the revolution of a wheel, of a top, of the earth on its axis, etc..
Sorbonist :: Sorbonist (n.) A doctor of the Sorbonne, or theological college, in the University of Paris, founded by Robert de Sorbon, a. d. 1252. It was suppressed in the Revolution of 1789..
Innovate :: Innovate (v. t.) To change or alter by introducing something new; to remodel; to revolutionize.
Parliament :: Parliament (n.) In France, before the Revolution of 1789, one of the several principal judicial courts..
Astrogeny :: Astrogeny (n.) The creation or evolution of the stars or the heavens.
Successive :: Successive (a.) Following in order or in uninterrupted course; coming after without interruption or interval; following one after another in a line or series; consecutive; as, the successive revolution of years; the successive kings of Egypt; successive strokes of a hammer..
Emigre :: Emigre (n.) One of the natives of France who were opposed to the first Revolution, and who left their country in consequence..
Solar :: Solar (a.) Measured by the progress or revolution of the sun in the ecliptic; as, the solar year..
Trochometer :: Trochometer (n.) A contrivance for computing the revolutions of a wheel; an odometer.
Month :: Month (n.) One of the twelve portions into which the year is divided; the twelfth part of a year, corresponding nearly to the length of a synodic revolution of the moon, -- whence the name. In popular use, a period of four weeks is often called a month..
Sans-culottic :: Sans-culottic (a.) Pertaining to, or involving, sans-culottism; radical; revolutionary; Jacobinical..
Develop :: Develop (v. i.) To go through a process of natural evolution or growth, by successive changes from a less perfect to a more perfect or more highly organized state; to advance from a simpler form of existence to one more complex either in structure or function; as, a blossom develops from a bud; the seed develops into a plant; the embryo develops into a well-formed animal; the mind develops year by year..
Year :: Year (n.) The time in which any planet completes a revolution about the sun; as, the year of Jupiter or of Saturn..
Morphogeny :: Morphogeny (n.) History of the evolution of forms; that part of ontogeny that deals with the germ history of forms; -- distinguished from physiogeny.
Tour :: Tour (v. t.) A turn; a revolution; as, the tours of the heavenly bodies..
Minuteman :: Minuteman (n.) A militiaman who was to be ready to march at a moment's notice; -- a term used in the American Revolution.
Revolving :: Revolving (a.) Making a revolution or revolutions; rotating; -- used also figuratively of time, seasons, etc., depending on the revolution of the earth..
Lunar :: Lunar (a.) Measured by the revolutions of the moon; as, a lunar month..
Differentiation :: Differentiation (n.) The gradual formation or production of organs or parts by a process of evolution or development, as when the seed develops the root and the stem, the initial stem develops the leaf, branches, and flower buds; or in animal life, when the germ evolves the digestive and other organs and members, or when the animals as they advance in organization acquire special organs for specific purposes..
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