evolutionary
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ˌiː.vəˈl(j)uː.ʃən.ɹi/ / /ˌɛv.əˈl(j)uː.ʃən.ɹi/ / /ˌiː.vəˈluː.ʃən.ɛɹ.i/
adj
Etymology: Etymology tree English evolution Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary English evolutionary From evolution + -ary.
- Of or relating to the biological theory of evolution.
“The evolutionary history of marine mammals includes land-dwelling ancestors.”
“It is likely that the long evolutionary trajectory of Mycoplasma went from a reductive autotroph to oxidative heterotroph to a cell-wall–defective degenerate parasite. This evolutionary trajectory assumes the simplicity to complexity route of biogenesis, a point of view that is not universally accepted.”
- Having formal similarities to the biological theory of evolution.
“The basic elements of an evolutionary growth theory are discussed in Section II.”