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Darwin

proper noun

  1. capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈdɑːwɪn/ / /ˈdɑɹwɪn/

name

Etymology: Variant of Derwent.

  1. Alternative form of Derwent (English locative name).

noun

Etymology: Named after Charles Darwin, coined by J.B.S. Haldane in 1949.

  1. A unit of evolutionary change in evolutionary biology.

    “One darwin (d) equals the rate of evolution that would produce a change in size by a factor of approximately 2.7 in one million years.”

    “The rate of evolutionary change in a species' wing or leg or beak (remember Darwin's finches mentioned in Chapter 1?) is assessed in degree-of-physical-change units called darwins.”