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Definition: Macroevolution |
MacroevolutionNoun1. Evolution on a large scale extending over geologic era and resulting in the formation of new taxonomic groups. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "macroevolution" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1991. (references) |
| "Macroevolution" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Macroevolution" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 3 | 202,518 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
According to Charles Darwin and also the modern synthesis, this distinction is relative and purely a matter of scale. The theory further maintains that species are a statistical rather than ontological phenomena. Neo-Darwinian theory maintains that all changes in gene-frequencies, regardless of scale, are explained by the same observable, natural forces.
In the creationist hypothesis of intelligent design this distinction is absolute and central. Intelligent design advocates argue that microevolution may be explained by constant, observable, natural forces, but that macroevolution must be explained by other forces.
External Resources
Macroevolution as the common descent of all lifeSee also
Population genetics
Macroevolution as an independent discipline
Macroevolution in the 21st Century
29+ Evidences for Macroevolution
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Macroevolution."
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
macroevolution | 10 |
macroevolution microevolution | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "macroevolution"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Italian | macroevoluzione. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | acroevolutionmay.(various references) | |
Spanish | macroevolucion. (various references) | |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "macroevolution": macroevolutionary, macroevolutions. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-i-l-m-n-o-o-o-r-t-u-v" | |
-3 letters: coevolution, countervail, involucrate, overcaution. | |
-4 letters: coloration, inoculator, locomotive, microtonal, morulation, novaculite, overaction, relocation, revocation, revolution, tourmaline, ulceration, volumetric. | |
-5 letters: aeronomic, antiulcer, autonomic, avirulent, convolute, cremation, culminate, elocution, emotional, emulation, evocation, evolution, incurvate, inoculate, involucra, involucre, lucrative, manticore, melanotic, microtone, microvolt, monocular, monovular, mucronate, normative, nucleator, numerical, overclaim, overcount, ovulation, revictual, tularemic, vectorial, victualer. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-i-l-m-n-o-o-o-r-t-u-v" | |
+1 letter: macroevolutions. | |
+3 letters: macroevolutionary, microevolutionary. | |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01100001 01100011 01110010 01101111 01100101 01110110 01101111 01101100 01110101 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M a c r o e v o l u t i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0061 0063 0072 006F 0065 0076 006F 006C 0075 0074 0069 006F 006E |
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