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the fancied production of living organisms without previously existing parents from inorganic matter, or from decomposing organic matter, a notion which at one time had many supporters; abiogenesis
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Spontaneous generation — Spontaneous Spon*ta ne*ous (sp[o^]n*t[=a] n[ e]*[u^]s), a. [L. spontaneus, fr. sponte of free will, voluntarily.] 1. Proceeding from natural feeling, temperament, or disposition, or from a native internal proneness, readiness, or tendency,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Spontaneous generation — Generation Gen er*a tion, n. [OE. generacioun, F. g[ e]n[ e]ration, fr.L. generatio.] 1. The act of generating or begetting; procreation, as of animals. [1913 Webster] 2. Origination by some process, mathematical, chemical, or vital; production;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
spontaneous generation — spontaneous generation. См. биопоэз. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) … Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.
spontaneous generation — n ABIOGENESIS * * * the discredited concept of the development of living organisms from nonliving matter … Medical dictionary
spontaneous generation — n. the theory, now discredited, that living organisms can originate in nonliving matter independently of other living matter; abiogenesis … English World dictionary
spontaneous generation — Biol. abiogenesis. [1650 60] * * * ▪ biology also called Abiogenesis, the hypothetical process by which living organisms develop from nonliving matter; also, the archaic theory that utilizes this process to explain the origin of life.… … Universalium
spontaneous generation — noun Date: 1665 abiogenesis … New Collegiate Dictionary
spontaneous generation — Abiogenesis … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
spontaneous generation — (spon ta ne us) The hypothesis that living organisms can arise from nonliving matter … Dictionary of microbiology
spontaneous generation — noun historical the supposed production of living organisms from non living matter … English new terms dictionary
