HyperDic: punctuated_equilibrium

English > 1 sense of the expression punctuated equilibrium:
NOUNcognitionpunctuated equilibrium, theory of punctuated equilibriuma theory of evolution holding that evolutionary change in the fossil record came in fits and starts rather than in a steady process of slow change
English > punctuated equilibrium: 1 sense > noun 1, cognition
MeaningA theory of evolution holding that evolutionary change in the fossil record came in fits and starts rather than in a steady process of slow change.
Synonymtheory of punctuated equilibrium
Broadertheory of evolution, theory of organic evolution, evolutionism(biology) a scientific theory of the origin of species of plants and animals
Catalanequilibri puntuat

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