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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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..
Vicissitude :: Vicissitude (n.) Irregular change; revolution; mutation.
Disassimilation :: Disassimilation (n.) The decomposition of complex substances, within the organism, into simpler ones suitable only for excretion, with evolution of energy, -- a normal nutritional process the reverse of assimilation; downward metabolism..
Morphogeny :: Morphogeny (n.) History of the evolution of forms; that part of ontogeny that deals with the germ history of forms; -- distinguished from physiogeny.
Circuit :: Circuit (n.) The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution; as, the periodical circuit of the earth round the sun..
Buckskin :: Buckskin (n.) A person clothed in buckskin, particularly an American soldier of the Revolutionary war..
Diurnal :: Diurnal (a.) Daily; recurring every day; performed in a day; going through its changes in a day; constituting the measure of a day; as, a diurnal fever; a diurnal task; diurnal aberration, or diurnal parallax; the diurnal revolution of the earth..
Cometarium :: Cometarium (n.) An instrument, intended to represent the revolution of a comet round the sun..
Orb :: Orb (n.) A period of time marked off by the revolution of a heavenly body.
Hydro-electric :: Hydro-electric (a.) Pertaining to, employed in, or produced by, the evolution of electricity by means of a battery in which water or steam is used..
Chouan :: Chouan (n.) One of the royalist insurgents in western France (Brittany, etc.), during and after the French revolution..
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..
Reaction :: Reaction (n.) Backward tendency or movement after revolution, reform, or great progress in any direction..
Moon :: Moon (n.) The time occupied by the moon in making one revolution in her orbit; a month.
Teleology :: Teleology (n.) the doctrine of design, which assumes that the phenomena of organic life, particularly those of evolution, are explicable only by purposive causes, and that they in no way admit of a mechanical explanation or one based entirely on biological science; the doctrine of adaptation to purpose..
Peragration :: Peragration (n.) The act or state of passing through any space; as, the peragration of the moon in her monthly revolution..
Prolatum :: Prolatum (n.) A prolate spheroid. See Ellipsoid of revolution, under Ellipsoid..
Evolutionary :: Evolutionary (a.) Relating to evolution; as, evolutionary discussions..
Loyalist :: Loyalist (n.) A person who adheres to his sovereign or to the lawful authority; especially, one who maintains his allegiance to his prince or government, and defends his cause in times of revolt or revolution..
Evolutionist :: Evolutionist (n.) One skilled in evolutions.
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