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ˌiːvəˈluːʃ(ə)n,
ˈɛv-/
n.
- the process by which different kinds of living organism are believed to have developed from earlier forms, especially by natural selection.
- gradual development.
- Chemistry the giving off of a gaseous product, or of heat.
- a pattern of movements or manoeuvres.
- Mathematics, dated the extraction of a root from a given quantity.
Derivative
- evolutional adj.
- evolutionally adv.
- evolutionarily adv.
- evolutionary adj.
- evolutive adj.
Etymology
C17: from L. evolutio(n-) ‘unrolling’, from evolvere (see evolve).
