évolution

Definitions of évolution
  1. noun
    a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage)
    synonyms: développement
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    antonyms:
    dégénérescence
    the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality
    types:
    croissance, progrès
    a progression from simpler to more complex forms
    épanouissement
    a developmental process
    type of:
    processus
    a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states
  2. noun
    (biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms
    synonyms: développement, phylogenèse
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    type of:
    processus biologique, processus organique
    a process occurring in living organisms
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