Associations to the word «Evolution»

Pictures for the word «Evolution»

Wiktionary

EVOLUTION, noun. The process of accumulating change.
EVOLUTION, noun. A progression of change, often branching and diversifying in the process.
EVOLUTION, noun. (general) Gradual directional change especially one leading to a more advanced or complex form; growth; development.
EVOLUTION, noun. (biology) The change in the genetic composition of a population over successive generations.
EVOLUTION, noun. (chemistry) The act or an instance of giving off gas; emission.
EVOLUTION, noun. (mathematics) The extraction of a root from a quantity.
EVOLUTION, noun. (military) One of a series of ordered movements.
EVOLUTION, noun. (dance) (sports) A turning movement of the body.

Dictionary definition

EVOLUTION, noun. A process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage); "the development of his ideas took many years"; "the evolution of Greek civilization"; "the slow development of her skill as a writer".
EVOLUTION, noun. (biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King