(biology) a hypothetical force (not physical or chemical) once thought by Henri Bergson to cause the evolution and development of orga…
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(biology) a hypothetical force (not physical or chemical) once thought by Henri Bergson to cause the evolution and development of organisms
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(biology) a hypothetical force (not physical or chemical) once thought by Henri Bergson to cause the evolution and development of orga…
Used in the same subject area: Mechanics, Physics, Biology.(biology) a hypothetical force (not physical or chemical) once thought by Henri Bergson to cause the evolution and development of orga…
Used in the same subject area: Mechanics, Physics, Biology.(physics) a rate of increase of velocity
Used in the same subject area: Mechanics, Physics.(physics) the rate of change of the angular velocity of a rotating body
Used in the same subject area: Mechanics, Physics.(physics) the rate of change of the angular position of a rotating body; usually expressed in radians per second or radians per minute
Used in the same subject area: Mechanics, Physics.(physics) the center of mass of the immersed part of ship or other floating object
Used in the same subject area: Mechanics, Physics.(physics) the center of mass of the immersed part of ship or other floating object
Used in the same subject area: Mechanics, Physics.(physics) the center of mass of the immersed part of ship or other floating object
Used in the same subject area: Mechanics, Physics.(physics) the center of mass of the immersed part of ship or other floating object
Used in the same subject area: Mechanics, Physics.(physics) the intermolecular force that holds together the molecules in a solid or liquid
Used in the same subject area: Mechanics, Physics.(physics) a force due to the earth's rotation; acts on a body in motion (airplane or projectile) in a rotating reference frame; in a r…
Used in the same subject area: Mechanics, Physics.(physics) the potential energy of an electric charge in an electric field, or of an electric current in a magnetic field.
Used in the same subject area: Mechanics, Physics.(physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs;…
Used in the same subject area: Mechanics, Physics.(physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity; "force equals mass times acceleration"
Used in the same subject area: Mechanics, Physics.(physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs;…
Used in the same subject area: Mechanics, Physics.(physics) the force of attraction between all masses in the universe; especially the attraction of the earth's mass for bodies near it…
Used in the same subject area: Mechanics, Physics.(physics) the force of attraction between all masses in the universe; especially the attraction of the earth's mass for bodies near it…
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A student of biology; one versed in the science of biology.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: biology, hypothetical, force, physical, chemical.introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: biology, hypothetical, force, physical, chemical.introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: biology, hypothetical, force, physical, chemical.introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: biology, hypothetical, force, physical, chemical.The force exerted between the atoms of elementary substance whereby they unite to form chemical compounds; chemical attaction; affinit…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: biology, hypothetical, force, physical, chemical.The application to another of either physical or moral force. When the force is physical, and cannot be resisted, then the act produce…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: biology, hypothetical, force, physical, chemical.To drive or urge with force, or irresistibly; to force; to constrain; to oblige; to necessitate, either by physical or moral force.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: biology, hypothetical, force, physical, chemical.To gain or acquire by force; to take possession of by violent means; to gain dominion over; to subdue by physical means; to reduce; to…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: biology, hypothetical, force, physical, chemical.The gradual formation or production of organs or parts by a process of evolution or development, as when the seed develops the root an…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: biology, hypothetical, force, physical, chemical.The act of unfolding or unrolling; hence, in the process of growth; development; as, the evolution of a flower from a bud, or an anima…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: biology, hypothetical, force, physical, chemical.The theory of, or belief in, evolution. See Evolution, 6 and 7.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: biology, hypothetical, force, physical, chemical.one who holds the doctrine of evolution, either in biology or in metaphysics.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: biology, hypothetical, force, physical, chemical.
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