evolutionary

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English

Etymology

From evolution +‎ -ary.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

evolutionary

  1. Of or relating to the biological theory of evolution.
    • 2013 March, Harold J. Morowitz, “The Smallest Cell”, in American Scientist[1], volume 101, number 2, page 83:
      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.
    The evolutionary history of marine mammals includes land-dwelling ancestors.
  2. Having formal similarities to the biological theory of evolution.
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