evolution

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a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage)
(biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms
The act of unfolding or unrolling
A series of things unrolled or unfolded
The formation of an involute by unwrapping a thread from a curve as an evolute
The extraction of roots
A prescribed movement of a body of troops, or a vessel or fleet
A general name for the history of the steps by which any living organism has acquired the morphological and physiological characters which distinguish it
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
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

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