| NOUN | cognition | punctuated equilibrium, theory of punctuated equilibrium | a 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 |
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| Meaning | A 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. | |
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| Synonym | theory of punctuated equilibrium | |
| Broader | theory of evolution, theory of organic evolution, evolutionism | (biology) a scientific theory of the origin of species of plants and animals |
| Catalan | equilibri puntuat | |
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