evolution 
evo·lu·tion (ev′ə lo̵̅o̅′s̸hən; occas. ē′və-)
noun
- an unfolding, opening out, or working out; process of development, as from a simple to a complex form, or of gradual, progressive change, as in a social and economic structure
- a result or product of this; thing evolved
- a movement that is part of a series or pattern
- a pattern produced, or seemingly produced, by such a series of movements the evolutions of a fancy skater
- a setting free or giving off, as of gas in a chemical reaction
- Biol.
- the development of a species, organism, or organ from its original or primitive state to its present or specialized state; phylogeny or ontogeny
- Darwinian theory
- Math. the extracting of a root of a given number
Etymology: Fr évolution
Mil. any of various movements or maneuvers by which troops, ships, etc. change formation
Etymology: L evolutio, an unrolling or opening < evolutus, pp. of evolvere: see evolve
evolution
n.
Preposition: of
- galaxy: The typical ages of the stars in the polar ring may provide a clue to the evolution of this unusual galaxy.
- consciousness: The French Jesuit priest Pierre Teilhard de Chardin first postulated the evolution of consciousness in the nineteen thirties.
- virulence: How does host genetic diversity and immune status impact on the evolution of virulence?
- universe: This helps put constraints on our models of the evolution of the Universe.
- mankind: Of particular importance for us has been the role of trees in the evolution of mankind and the development of human cultures and communities.
- cooperation: First, the evolution of cooperation is a phenomenon observable in a wide variety of circumstances.
Converse of object
- trace: Its aims are to trace the evolution of urban society from the expansion of the twelfth century to the uncertainty of the fifteenth.
- simulate: The model allows their proportions to be endogenous, and so simulates the evolution of the market.
- accelerate: The conclusion drawn is that the newsgroup is an effective aid to learning and a useful but imperfect tool for accelerating evolution.
Adjective modifier
- Darwinian: Thus, the contributors collectively conclude in their final chapter that technological change is a bit like Darwinian evolution.
- stellar: The final stage of stellar evolution depends upon star size.
- theistic: Those views, theistic evolution, progressive creationism, also deny the straightforward text of the book of Genesis.
- gradual: Something about a gradual evolution toward the kind of career the graduate wants.
- biological: The current rate at which human DNA is being updated by biological evolution is about one bit a year.
- molecular: Adaptive radiation and molecular evolution of Cicindela tiger beetles.
Modifies a noun
- equation: Furthermore new characteristics of our evolution equation are shortly discussed.
Noun used with modifier
- memetic: In other words, memetic evolution can now proceed without regard to its effects on the genes.
- virulence: If it is so, then simple models of virulence evolution would not work, and virulence diversity could be maintained.
- microstructure: Currently his major focus is on the effects of non-linear strain paths on microstructure evolution.
- genome: The pig genome will fill a large ' gap ' in genome evolution.
It was a bitter birthday present from evolution.
The evolution of culture issynonymous with theremoval of ornament from utilitarian objects.
No philosopher now looks for anything but the gradual evolutionoftheneworder fromtheoldHistoryshows us no example of the sudden substitutions of Utopian and revolutionary romance.
The element of chanceis expelled. Nobody would now waste his time in theorizing about a fortuitous concourse of atoms.We have so far spelled out the history of creation as to see that all has been done in strict accordance with law. The method has been the method of evolution, and the more we study it the more do we discern in it intelligible coherence.
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