evolution.
A change of position.
Meaning & usage
A change of position. A manoeuvre of troops or ships.
A change of position. A turning movement, especially of the body.
A change of position. A turned or twisted shape; an involution, a complex or intricate shape.
An unfolding. The act or process of unfolding or opening out; the progression of events in regular succession.
An unfolding. The opening out of a curve; now more generally, the gradual transformation of a curve by a change of the conditions generating it.
An unfolding. The extraction of a root from a given power.
An unfolding. The act or an instance of giving off gas; emission.
Process of development. Development; the act or result of developing what was implicit in an idea, argument etc.
The ongoing evolution of Lolita subculture fashion includes, among other things, the ballet style.
Process of development. A process of gradual change in a given system, subject, product etc., especially from simpler to more complex forms.
Among other forms of change, the evolution of transportation has involved modification, diversification, convergence, divergence, hybridization, differentiation, and naturally, selection.
Process of development. The transformation of animals, plants and other living things into different forms (now understood as a change in genetic composition) by the accumulation of changes over successive generations.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Latin ēvolūtiō, ēvolūtiōnis (“the act of unrolling, unfolding or opening (of a book)”), from ēvolūtus, perfect passive participle of ēvolvō (“unroll, unfold”), from ex + volvō (“roll”). Compare typologically Czech vývoj, Serbo-Croatian развој, Russian разви́ть (razvítʹ), развива́ть (razvivátʹ), разви́ться (razvítʹsja), развива́ться (razvivátʹsja), Russian разви́тие (razvítije), related to Proto-Slavic *viti (whence Czech vít, Russian вить (vitʹ)).
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