Word
Evolution
How many syllables?
4 Syllables
How it's divided?
ev-o-lu-tion
Definition
- n. - 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.
- n. - A series of things unrolled or unfolded.
- n. - The formation of an involute by unwrapping a thread from
a curve as an evolute.
- n. - The extraction of roots; -- the reverse of involution.
- n. - 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.
- n. - 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.
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