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      evolution
      noun
      Process of development.
      A process of gradual change in a given system, subject, product etc., especially from simpler to more complex forms.
      (biology) The transformation of animals, plants and other living things into different forms (now understood as a change in genetic composition) by the accumulation of changes over successive generations.
      Development; the act or result of developing what was implicit in an idea, argument etc.
      An unfolding.
      (military) A manoeuvre of troops or ships.
      (chiefly dance, sports) A turning movement, especially of the body.
      (chemistry) The act or an instance of giving off gas; emission.
      (geometry) The opening out of a curve; now more generally, the gradual transformation of a curve by a change of the conditions generating it.
      A change of position.
      (now rare) The act or process of unfolding or opening out; the progression of events in regular succession.
      (obsolete) A turned or twisted shape; an involution, a complex or intricate shape.
      (mathematics, now chiefly historical) The extraction of a root from a given power.
      Roots
      volvereolut- · Latin · to roll, turn
      Synonyms for evolution
      phylogenynevolvementnevolvingvdevelopmentnprogressionnupgrowthgrowthnmaturationntransformationn
      Words related to evolution
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