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class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.3.2</span> <span>Derived terms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Derived_terms-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Related_terms" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Related_terms"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.3.3</span> <span>Related terms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Related_terms-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Translations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Translations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.3.4</span> <span>Translations</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Translations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.4</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.5</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Swedish" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Swedish"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Swedish</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Swedish-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Swedish subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Swedish-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Noun_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Noun_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1</span> <span>Noun</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Noun_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Declension" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Declension"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1.1</span> <span>Declension</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Declension-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Derived_terms_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Derived_terms_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1.2</span> <span>Derived terms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Derived_terms_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" title="Table of Contents" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" for="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span 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title="evolution – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="evolution" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wiktionary.org/wiki/evolution" title="evolution – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="evolution" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wiktionary.org/wiki/evolution" title="evolution – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="evolution" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wiktionary.org/wiki/evolution" title="evolution – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="evolution" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wiktionary.org/wiki/evolution" title="evolution – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="evolution" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wiktionary.org/wiki/evolution" title="evolution – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="evolution" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wiktionary.org/wiki/evolution" title="evolution – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="evolution" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/evolution" title="evolution – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="evolution" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wiktionary.org/wiki/evolution" title="evolution – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="evolution" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/evolution" title="evolution – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="evolution" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/evolution" title="evolution – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="evolution" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wiktionary.org/wiki/evolution" title="evolution – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="evolution" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wiktionary.org/wiki/evolution" title="evolution – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="evolution" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/evolution" title="evolution – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="evolution" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wiktionary.org/wiki/evolution" title="evolution – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="evolution" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wiktionary.org/wiki/evolution" title="evolution – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="evolution" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wiktionary.org/wiki/evolution" title="evolution – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="evolution" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wiktionary.org/wiki/evolution" title="evolution – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="evolution" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/evolution" title="evolution – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="evolution" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wiktionary.org/wiki/evolution" title="evolution – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="evolution" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wiktionary.org/wiki/evolution" title="evolution – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="evolution" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wiktionary.org/wiki/evolution" title="evolution – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="evolution" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lo.wiktionary.org/wiki/evolution" title="evolution – Lao" lang="lo" hreflang="lo" data-title="evolution" data-language-autonym="ລາວ" data-language-local-name="Lao" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ລາວ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/evolution" title="evolution – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="evolution" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wiktionary.org/wiki/evolution" title="evolution – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="evolution" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wiktionary.org/wiki/evolution" title="evolution – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="evolution" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wiktionary.org/wiki/evolution" title="evolution – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="evolution" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wiktionary.org/wiki/evolution" title="evolution – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="evolution" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/evolution" title="evolution – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="evolution" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/evolution" title="evolution – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="evolution" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-om mw-list-item"><a href="https://om.wiktionary.org/wiki/evolution" title="evolution – Oromo" lang="om" hreflang="om" data-title="evolution" data-language-autonym="Oromoo" data-language-local-name="Oromo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oromoo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wiktionary.org/wiki/evolution" title="evolution – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="evolution" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-km mw-list-item"><a href="https://km.wiktionary.org/wiki/evolution" title="evolution – Khmer" lang="km" hreflang="km" data-title="evolution" data-language-autonym="ភាសាខ្មែរ" data-language-local-name="Khmer" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ភាសាខ្មែរ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/evolution" title="evolution – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="evolution" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/evolution" title="evolution – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="evolution" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/evolution" title="evolution – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="evolution" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/evolution" title="evolution – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="evolution" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/evolution" title="evolution – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="evolution" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wiktionary.org/wiki/evolution" title="evolution – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="evolution" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-shn mw-list-item"><a href="https://shn.wiktionary.org/wiki/evolution" title="evolution – Shan" lang="shn" hreflang="shn" data-title="evolution" data-language-autonym="တႆး" data-language-local-name="Shan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>တႆး</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wiktionary.org/wiki/evolution" title="evolution – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="evolution" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wiktionary.org/wiki/evolution" title="evolution – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="evolution" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/evolution" title="evolution – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="evolution" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wiktionary.org/wiki/evolution" title="evolution – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="evolution" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a 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class="Latn"><a href="/wiki/Evolution" title="Evolution">Evolution</a></b>, <b class="Latn"><a href="/wiki/%C3%A9volution" title="évolution">évolution</a></b><span class="serial-comma">,</span><span class="serial-and"> <i>and</i></span> <b class="Latn"><a href="/wiki/e-volution" title="e-volution">e-volution</a></b></div> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="English">English</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=evolution&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: English"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="interproject-box sister-wikipedia sister-project noprint floatright"><div style="float: left;"><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/44px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="44" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/66px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/88px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="103" data-file-height="94" /></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div><div style="margin-left: 60px;">English <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a> has an article on:<div style="margin-left: 10px;"><b class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/evolution" class="extiw" title="w:evolution">evolution</a></b></div></div><span class="interProject"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/evolution" class="extiw" title="w:evolution">Wikipedia </a></span></div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r83974623">.mw-parser-output .interproject-box{font-size:90%;width:250px;padding:4px;text-align:left;background:var(--wikt-palette-paleblue,#f9f9f9);border:var(--border-color-base,#aaa)1px solid;display:flex;flex-direction:row;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .interproject-box>div:first-child{float:none!important;flex:none}.mw-parser-output .interproject-box>div:nth-child(2){margin-left:0.55em!important}body.skin-vector:not(.skin-vector-2022) .mw-parser-output .interproject-box .vector-hide{display:none}body.skin-vector:not(.skin-vector-2022) .mw-parser-output .interproject-box .vector-inline-block{display:inline-block;margin-left:0!important}@media screen and (max-width:719px){.mw-parser-output .interproject-box{box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.5;width:100%;max-width:100%}}</style> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r83974623" /><div class="sister-wikiversity"><div class="sister-project"><div class="noprint floatright interproject-box"> <div style="float: left;"><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wikiversity_logo_2017.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Wikiversity_logo_2017.svg/50px-Wikiversity_logo_2017.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="41" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Wikiversity_logo_2017.svg/75px-Wikiversity_logo_2017.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Wikiversity_logo_2017.svg/100px-Wikiversity_logo_2017.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="626" data-file-height="512" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div> <div style="margin-left: 60px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiversity" class="extiw" title="w:Wikiversity">Wikiversity</a> has a lecture on <div style="margin-left: 10px;"><i><b><a href="https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Evolution" class="extiw" title="v:Evolution">Evolution</a></b></i></div> </div> </div> </div></div> <p><span class="interProject"><a href="https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Evolution" class="extiw" title="v:Evolution">Wikiversity <sup></sup></a></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=evolution&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Borrowed from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Latin">Latin</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/evolutio#Latin" title="evolutio">ēvolūtiō, ēvolūtiōnis</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">the act of unrolling, unfolding or opening (of a book)</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, from <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/evolutus#Latin" title="evolutus">ēvolūtus</a></i>, perfect passive participle of <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/evolvo#Latin" title="evolvo">ēvolvō</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">unroll, unfold</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, from <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/ex#Latin" title="ex">ex</a></i> + <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/volvo#Latin" title="volvo">volvō</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">roll</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>. </p><p>Compare typologically Czech <i class="Latn mention" lang="cs"><a href="/wiki/v%C3%BDvoj#Czech" title="vývoj">vývoj</a></i>, Serbo-Croatian <i class="Cyrl mention" lang="sh"><a href="/wiki/%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%98#Serbo-Croatian" title="развој">развој</a></i>, Russian <i class="Cyrl mention" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%8C#Russian" title="развить">разви́ть</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">razvítʹ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <i class="Cyrl mention" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C#Russian" title="развивать">развива́ть</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">razvivátʹ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <i class="Cyrl mention" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%8C%D1%81%D1%8F#Russian" title="развиться">разви́ться</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">razvítʹsja</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <i class="Cyrl mention" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C%D1%81%D1%8F#Russian" title="развиваться">развива́ться</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">razvivátʹsja</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, Russian <i class="Cyrl mention" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B5#Russian" title="развитие">разви́тие</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">razvítije</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, related to Proto-Slavic <i class="Latn mention" lang="sla-pro"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/viti" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/viti">*viti</a></i> (whence Czech <i class="Latn mention" lang="cs"><a href="/wiki/v%C3%ADt#Czech" title="vít">vít</a></i>, Russian <i class="Cyrl mention" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%8C#Russian" title="вить">вить</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">vitʹ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=evolution&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Received_Pronunciation" class="extiw" title="w:Received Pronunciation">Received Pronunciation</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˌiːvəˈluːʃ(ə)n/</span>, <span class="IPA">/ɛvəˈluːʃ(ə)n/</span></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American_English" class="extiw" title="w:General American English">General American</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">enPR</a>: <span class="AHD enPR">ĕv'ə-lo͞oʹshən</span>, <span class="AHD enPR">ēv'ə-</span>, <span class="AHD enPR">-lo͞oshʹn</span>, <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˌɛvəˈluʃ(ə)n/</span>, <span class="IPA">/ˌivə-/</span></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_English_phonology" class="extiw" title="w:Australian English phonology">General Australian</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ɛvəˈlʉːʃən/</span></li> <li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r50165410">.mw-parser-output .k-player .k-attribution{visibility:hidden}</style><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="usage-label-accent"><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_English" class="extiw" title="w:American English">US</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon qualifier-colon">:</span></td><td class="audiofile"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="2" data-mwtitle="en-us-evolution.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/33/En-us-evolution.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/33/En-us-evolution.ogg/En-us-evolution.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:en-us-evolution.ogg" title="File:en-us-evolution.ogg">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li> <li>Rhymes: <a href="/wiki/Rhymes:English/u%CB%90%CA%83%C9%99n" title="Rhymes:English/uːʃən"><span class="IPA">-uːʃən</span></a></li> <li>Hyphenation: <span class="Latn" lang="en">evo‧lu‧tion</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun">Noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=evolution&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">evolution</strong> (<i><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#countable" title="Appendix:Glossary">countable</a> and <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#uncountable" title="Appendix:Glossary">uncountable</a></i>, <i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en p-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/evolutions#English" title="evolutions">evolutions</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><i>A change of position.</i> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/military" title="military">military</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> A <a href="/wiki/manoeuvre" title="manoeuvre">manoeuvre</a> of <a href="/wiki/troop" title="troop">troops</a> or <a href="/wiki/ship" title="ship">ships</a>. <span class="defdate">[from 17th c.]</span> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1751</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobias_Smollett" class="extiw" title="w:Tobias Smollett">[Tobias] Smollett</a>, <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Peregrine_Pickle" class="extiw" title="w:The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle">The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="In which are Included, Memoirs of a Lady of Quality. In Four Volumes.">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></a></cite>, volume <span class="maintenance-line">(please specify |volume=I to IV)</span>, London: Harrison and Co.,<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="Paternoster-Row.">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/656999">→OCLC</a></small>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Mean while, he never failed to be present, when any regiment, or corps of men, were drawn out to be exercised and reviewed, and accompanied them in all their <b>evolutions</b> <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b">[</span>…<span class="q-hellip-b">]</span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span>.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1779</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Burney" class="extiw" title="w:Frances Burney">Frances Burney</a>, <cite>Journals & Letters</cite>, Penguin, published <span class="None" lang="und">2001</span>, page <span class="None" lang="und">117</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Major Holroyd, who acted as the General, was extremely polite, and attentive, and came to us between every <b>evolution</b>, to explain and talk over the manoeuvres.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content">chiefly <a href="/wiki/dance#Noun" title="dance">dance</a><span class="ib-comma label-comma">,</span> <a href="/wiki/sports" title="sports">sports</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> A turning movement, especially of the body. <span class="defdate">[from 17th c.]</span> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1751</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobias_Smollett" class="extiw" title="w:Tobias Smollett">[Tobias] Smollett</a>, <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Peregrine_Pickle" class="extiw" title="w:The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle">The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="In which are Included, Memoirs of a Lady of Quality. In Four Volumes.">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></a></cite>, volume <span class="maintenance-line">(please specify |volume=I to IV)</span>, London: Harrison and Co.,<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="Paternoster-Row.">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/656999">→OCLC</a></small>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Our necromancer <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b">[</span>…<span class="q-hellip-b">]</span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span> taking up his wand, waved it around his head in a very mysterious motion, with a view of intimidating these forward visitants, who, far from being awed by this sort of <b>evolution</b>, became more and more obstreperous <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b">[</span>…<span class="q-hellip-b">]</span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span>.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1869</b></span>, anonymous author, <cite>Miss Langley's Will</cite>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">It was a critical instant: the pirouette -- it would fail, she feared. … the rapid whirl achieved in exact time, the whole <b>evolution</b> executed to perfection.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1825</b></span>, Theodore Edward Hook, <cite>Sayings and Doings: Passion and principle</cite>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">… as he beheld the tenfold pirouette of a lovely girl, which presented to the public eye the whole of her form and figure; … to praise the dexterity and ease with which the unfortunate and degraded creature had performed the ungraceful <b>evolution</b>, the only merit of which, is the gross exposition of person, at which modesty shudders […]</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1863</b></span>, Knightley Willia Horlock, <cite>The master of the hounds</cite>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">"Look now, that pirouette -- my stars! how Beauchamp would stare to see his darling perform such an <b>evolution</b>!"</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1869</b></span>, William Clarke, <cite>The boy's own book</cite>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">By this operation each foot will describe an arc or segment of a circle. … This <b>evolution</b> is performed sometimes on one foot, sometimes on the other …</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#obsolete" title="Appendix:Glossary">obsolete</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> A turned or twisted shape; an <a href="/wiki/involution" title="involution">involution</a>, a complex or intricate shape. <span class="defdate">[18th c.]</span> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1791</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Boswell" class="extiw" title="w:James Boswell">James Boswell</a>, <cite>Life of Samuel Johnson</cite>, Oxford, published <span class="None" lang="und">2008</span>, page <span class="None" lang="und">298</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">‘It is not in the showy <b>evolutions</b> of buildings, but in the multiplicity of human habitations which are crouded together, that the wonderful immensity of London consists.’</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li></ol></li> <li><i>An unfolding.</i> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content">now <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#rare" title="Appendix:Glossary">rare</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> The act or process of unfolding or opening out; the progression of events in regular succession. <span class="defdate">[from 17th c.]</span> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1794–1796</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erasmus_Darwin" class="extiw" title="w:Erasmus Darwin">Erasmus Darwin</a>, <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoonomia" class="extiw" title="w:Zoonomia">Zoonomia; or, The Laws of Organic Life</a></cite>, volume <span class="maintenance-line">(please specify |volume=I or II)</span>, London: <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="Printed for">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Johnson_(publisher)" class="extiw" title="w:Joseph Johnson (publisher)">J<span style="font-style: normal;">[</span>oseph<span style="font-style: normal;">]</span> Johnson</a>,<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="in St Paul’s Church-yard.">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/1270980609">→OCLC</a></small>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">The world […] might have been gradually produced from very small beginnings […] rather than by a sudden <b>evolution</b> of the whole by the Almighty fiat.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/geometry" title="geometry">geometry</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> The opening out of a <a href="/wiki/curve" title="curve">curve</a>; now more generally, the gradual transformation of a curve by a change of the conditions generating it. <span class="defdate">[from 17th c.]</span></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/mathematics" title="mathematics">mathematics</a><span class="ib-comma label-comma">,</span> now chiefly <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#historical" title="Appendix:Glossary">historical</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> The <a href="/wiki/extraction" title="extraction">extraction</a> of a <a href="/wiki/root" title="root">root</a> from a given power. <span class="defdate">[from 17th c.]</span></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/chemistry" title="chemistry">chemistry</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> The act or an instance of giving off <a href="/wiki/gas" title="gas">gas</a>; <a href="/wiki/emission" title="emission">emission</a>. <span class="defdate">[from 18th c.]</span></li></ol></li> <li><i>Process of development.</i> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/development" title="development">Development</a>; the act or result of <a href="/wiki/develop" title="develop">developing</a> what was implicit in an idea, argument etc. <span class="defdate">[from 17th c.]</span> <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">The ongoing <b>evolution</b> of Lolita subculture fashion includes, among other things, the ballet style.</i></div></dd></dl> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2005</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eckhart_Tolle" class="extiw" title="w:Eckhart Tolle">Eckhart Tolle</a>, <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_New_Earth" class="extiw" title="w:A New Earth">A New Earth</a></cite>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Suffering has a noble purpose: the <b>evolution</b> of consciousness and the burning up of the ego.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li>A process of gradual <a href="/wiki/change" title="change">change</a> in a given system, subject, product etc., especially from simpler to more complex forms. <span class="defdate">[from 18th c.]</span> <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">Among other forms of change, the <b>evolution</b> of transportation has involved modification, diversification, convergence, divergence, hybridization, differentiation, and naturally, selection.</i></div></dd></dl> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1921</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Travers" class="extiw" title="w:Ben Travers">Ben Travers</a>, chapter 4, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Cuckoo_in_the_Nest" class="extiw" title="w:A Cuckoo in the Nest">A Cuckoo in the Nest</a></cite>, Garden City, N.Y.: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doubleday_(publisher)" class="extiw" title="w:Doubleday (publisher)">Doubleday, Page & Company</a>, published <span class="None" lang="und">1925</span>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/9003849">→OCLC</a></small>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">By some paradoxical <b>evolution</b> rancour and intolerance have been established in the vanguard of primitive Christianity. Mrs. Spoker, in common with many of the stricter disciples of righteousness, was as inclement in demeanour as she was cadaverous in aspect.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1976</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dawkins" class="extiw" title="w:Richard Dawkins">Richard Dawkins</a>, <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Selfish_Gene" class="extiw" title="w:The Selfish Gene">The Selfish Gene</a></cite>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">There are some examples of cultural <b>evolution</b> in birds and monkeys, but <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b">[</span>…<span class="q-hellip-b">]</span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span> it is our own species that really shows what cultural <b>evolution</b> can do.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li><li class="senseid" id="English:_Q1063" data-lang="en" data-id="Q1063"><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/biology" title="biology">biology</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> The transformation of animals, plants and other living things into different forms (now understood as a change in <a href="/wiki/genetic" title="genetic">genetic</a> <a href="/wiki/composition" title="composition">composition</a>) by the accumulation of changes over successive <a href="/wiki/generation" title="generation">generations</a>. <span class="defdate">[from 19th c.]</span> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1832</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lyell" class="extiw" title="w:Charles Lyell">Charles Lyell</a>, chapter I, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principles_of_Geology" class="extiw" title="w:Principles of Geology">Principles of Geology</a><span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title=": an attempt to explain the former changes of the Earth's surface, by reference to causes now in operation.">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span></cite>, volume II, London: John Murray, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/PrinciplesgeoloVol2Lyel/page/11/mode/1up">page <span class="None" lang="und">11</span></a>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en"><span class="q-hellip-sp"></span><span class="q-hellip-b">[</span>…<span class="q-hellip-b">]</span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span>and thus he [<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_Lamarck" class="extiw" title="w:Jean-Baptiste Lamarck">Lamarck</a>] was inclined to assert the priority of the types of marine animals to those of the terrestrial, and to fancy, for example, that the testacea of the ocean existed first, until some of them, by gradual <b>evolution</b>, were <i>improved</i> into those inhabiting the land.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1976</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dawkins" class="extiw" title="w:Richard Dawkins">Richard Dawkins</a>, <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Selfish_Gene" class="extiw" title="w:The Selfish Gene">The Selfish Gene</a></cite>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">[Some books have] made the erroneous assumption that the important thing in <b>evolution</b> is the good of the <i>species</i> (or the group) rather than the good of the individual (or the gene).</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2013</b></span> May-June, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.americanscientist.org/authors/detail/katrina-g-claw">Katrina G. Claw</a>, “<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/feature/2013/3/rapid-evolution-in-eggs-and-sperm">Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm</a>”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Scientist" class="extiw" title="w:American Scientist">American Scientist</a></cite>, volume <span class="None" lang="und">101</span>, number 3:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Many genes with reproductive roles also have antibacterial and immune functions, which indicate that the threat of microbial attack on the sperm or egg may be a major influence on rapid <b>evolution</b> during reproduction.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li></ol></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Antonyms">Antonyms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=evolution&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Antonyms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="qualifier-clarification">antonym(s) of </span><span class="qualifier-clarification qualifier-quote">“</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">accumulation of change</span><span class="qualifier-clarification qualifier-quote">”</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/stagnation#English" title="stagnation">stagnation</a></span></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="qualifier-clarification">antonym(s) of </span><span class="qualifier-clarification qualifier-quote">“</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">gradual process</span><span class="qualifier-clarification qualifier-quote">”</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/revolution#English" title="revolution">revolution</a></span></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="qualifier-clarification">antonym(s) of </span><span class="qualifier-clarification qualifier-quote">“</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">survival through adaptation</span><span class="qualifier-clarification qualifier-quote">”</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/extinction#English" title="extinction">extinction</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms">Derived terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=evolution&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="list-switcher-wrapper"><div class="list-switcher" data-toggle-category="derived terms"><div class="term-list columns-bg ul-column-count" data-column-count="4"><ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/antievolution#English" title="antievolution">antievolution</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/bioevolution#English" title="bioevolution">bioevolution</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=biological_evolution&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="biological evolution (page does not exist)">biological evolution</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/coevolution#English" title="coevolution">coevolution</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/co-evolution#English" title="co-evolution">co-evolution</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/convergent_evolution#English" title="convergent evolution">convergent evolution</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=cosmic_evolution&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="cosmic evolution (page does not exist)">cosmic evolution</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=cultural_evolution&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="cultural evolution (page does not exist)">cultural evolution</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/deistic_evolution#English" title="deistic evolution">deistic evolution</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/ecoevolution#English" title="ecoevolution">ecoevolution</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Eeveelution#English" title="Eeveelution">Eeveelution</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=emergent_evolution&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="emergent evolution (page does not exist)">emergent evolution</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/evilution#English" title="evilution">evilution</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/evogram#English" title="evogram">evogram</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/evolutionary#English" title="evolutionary">evolutionary</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Evolution_Day#English" title="Evolution Day">Evolution Day</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=evolution_denial&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="evolution denial (page does not exist)">evolution denial</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=evolution_denier&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="evolution denier (page does not exist)">evolution denier</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/evolutiondidit#English" title="evolutiondidit">evolutiondidit</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/evolutionise#English" title="evolutionise">evolutionise</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/evolutionize#English" title="evolutionize">evolutionize</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/evolutionlike#English" title="evolutionlike">evolutionlike</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/evolution_of_the_gaps#English" title="evolution of the gaps">evolution of the gaps</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/evotard#English" title="evotard">evotard</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=genetic_evolution&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="genetic evolution (page does not exist)">genetic evolution</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/karyoevolution#English" title="karyoevolution">karyoevolution</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/long_term_evolution#English" title="long term evolution">long term evolution</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/macroevolution#English" title="macroevolution">macroevolution</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/megaevolution#English" title="megaevolution">megaevolution</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mesoevolution#English" title="mesoevolution">mesoevolution</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/meta-evolution#English" title="meta-evolution">meta-evolution</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/metaevolution#English" title="metaevolution">metaevolution</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/microevolution#English" title="microevolution">microevolution</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/morphoevolution#English" title="morphoevolution">morphoevolution</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/neoevolution#English" title="neoevolution">neoevolution</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/neuroevolution#English" title="neuroevolution">neuroevolution</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=organic_evolution&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="organic evolution (page does not exist)">organic evolution</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/orthoevolution#English" title="orthoevolution">orthoevolution</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/paleoevolution#English" title="paleoevolution">paleoevolution</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/participant_evolution#English" title="participant evolution">participant evolution</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/photoevolution#English" title="photoevolution">photoevolution</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=planetary_evolution&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="planetary evolution (page does not exist)">planetary evolution</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/self-evolution#English" title="self-evolution">self-evolution</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=social_evolution&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="social evolution (page does not exist)">social evolution</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/speculative_evolution#English" title="speculative evolution">speculative evolution</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=stellar_evolution&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="stellar evolution (page does not exist)">stellar evolution</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/theistic_evolution#English" title="theistic evolution">theistic evolution</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/time_evolution#English" title="time evolution">time evolution</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/unilineal_evolution#English" title="unilineal evolution">unilineal evolution</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/unilinear_evolution#English" title="unilinear evolution">unilinear evolution</a></span></li></ul></div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Related_terms">Related terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=evolution&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Related terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="list-switcher-wrapper"><div class="list-switcher" data-toggle-category="derived terms"><div class="term-list columns-bg ul-column-count" data-column-count="3"><ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/antievolutionary#English" title="antievolutionary">antievolutionary</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/evolute#English" title="evolute">evolute</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/evolutional#English" title="evolutional">evolutional</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/evolutionally#English" title="evolutionally">evolutionally</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/evolutionarily#English" title="evolutionarily">evolutionarily</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/evolutionary#English" title="evolutionary">evolutionary</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/evolutionism#English" title="evolutionism">evolutionism</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/evolutionist#English" title="evolutionist">evolutionist</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/evolutionistic#English" title="evolutionistic">evolutionistic</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/evolutionistically#English" title="evolutionistically">evolutionistically</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/evolutive#English" title="evolutive">evolutive</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=evolutor&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="evolutor (page does not exist)">evolutor</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Evolutor&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Evolutor (page does not exist)">Evolutor</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/evoluture#English" title="evoluture">evoluture</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/evolvable#English" title="evolvable">evolvable</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/evolve#English" title="evolve">evolve</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/evolvement#English" title="evolvement">evolvement</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/evolver#English" title="evolver">evolver</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/evolving#English" title="evolving">evolving</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/nonevolutionary#English" title="nonevolutionary">nonevolutionary</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/unevolutionary#English" title="unevolutionary">unevolutionary</a></span></li></ul></div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Translations">Translations</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=evolution&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-general:_a_gradual_process_of_development"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">general: a gradual process of development</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="general: a gradual process of development"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r81584270">.mw-parser-output .translations{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .translations-cell{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-lightyellow,#FFFFe0);vertical-align:top;text-align:left}</style> <ul><li>Arabic: <span class="Arab" lang="ar"><a href="/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B7%D9%88%D8%B1#Arabic" title="تطور">تَطَوُّر</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ar-Latn" class="tr Latn">taṭawwur</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Armenian: <span class="Armn" lang="hy"><a href="/wiki/%D5%A7%D5%BE%D5%B8%D5%AC%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82%D6%81%D5%AB%D5%A1#Armenian" title="էվոլյուցիա">էվոլյուցիա</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hy.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D5%A7%D5%BE%D5%B8%D5%AC%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82%D6%81%D5%AB%D5%A1" class="extiw" title="hy:էվոլյուցիա">(hy)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="hy-Latn" class="tr Latn">ēvolyucʻia</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Armn" lang="hy"><a href="/wiki/%D5%A6%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A3%D5%A1%D6%81%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B4#Armenian" title="զարգացում">զարգացում</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hy.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D5%A6%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A3%D5%A1%D6%81%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B4" class="extiw" title="hy:զարգացում">(hy)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="hy-Latn" class="tr Latn">zargacʻum</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Asturian: <span class="Latn" lang="ast"><a href="/wiki/evoluci%C3%B3n#Asturian" title="evolución">evolución</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Bulgarian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="bg"><a href="/wiki/%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B5#Bulgarian" title="развитие">разви́тие</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://bg.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B5" class="extiw" title="bg:развитие">(bg)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="bg-Latn" class="tr Latn">razvítie</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Catalan: <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/evoluci%C3%B3#Catalan" title="evolució">evolució</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ca.wiktionary.org/wiki/evoluci%C3%B3" class="extiw" title="ca:evolució">(ca)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Chinese: <dl><dd>Mandarin: <span class="Hant" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E6%BC%94%E8%AE%8A#Mandarin" title="演變">演變</a></span><span class="Zsym mention" style="font-size:100%;"> / </span><span class="Hans" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E6%BC%94%E5%8F%98#Mandarin" title="演变">演变</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%BC%94%E8%AE%8A" class="extiw" title="zh:演變">(zh)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="cmn-Latn" class="tr Latn">yǎnbiàn</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Hant" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E8%AE%8A%E9%81%B7#Mandarin" title="變遷">變遷</a></span><span class="Zsym mention" style="font-size:100%;"> / </span><span class="Hans" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E5%8F%98%E8%BF%81#Mandarin" title="变迁">变迁</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E8%AE%8A%E9%81%B7" class="extiw" title="zh:變遷">(zh)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="cmn-Latn" class="tr Latn">biànqiān</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></dd></dl></li> <li>Czech: <span class="Latn" lang="cs"><a href="/wiki/evoluce#Czech" title="evoluce">evoluce</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://cs.wiktionary.org/wiki/evoluce" class="extiw" title="cs:evoluce">(cs)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="cs"><a href="/wiki/v%C3%BDvoj#Czech" title="vývoj">vývoj</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://cs.wiktionary.org/wiki/v%C3%BDvoj" class="extiw" title="cs:vývoj">(cs)</a></span></li> <li>Danish: <span class="Latn" lang="da"><a href="/wiki/udvikling#Danish" title="udvikling">udvikling</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://da.wiktionary.org/wiki/udvikling" class="extiw" title="da:udvikling">(da)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="common gender">c</abbr></span></li> <li>Dutch: <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/evolutie#Dutch" title="evolutie">evolutie</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/evolutie" class="extiw" title="nl:evolutie">(nl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Esperanto: <span class="Latn" lang="eo"><a href="/wiki/evoluo#Esperanto" title="evoluo">evoluo</a></span></li> <li>Estonian: <span class="Latn" lang="et"><a href="/wiki/evolutsioon#Estonian" title="evolutsioon">evolutsioon</a></span></li> <li>Finnish: <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/evoluutio#Finnish" title="evoluutio">evoluutio</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/evoluutio" class="extiw" title="fi:evoluutio">(fi)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/kehitys#Finnish" title="kehitys">kehitys</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/kehitys" class="extiw" title="fi:kehitys">(fi)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/muutos#Finnish" title="muutos">muutos</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/muutos" class="extiw" title="fi:muutos">(fi)</a></span></li> <li>French: <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/%C3%A9volution#French" title="évolution">évolution</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C3%A9volution" class="extiw" title="fr:évolution">(fr)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Galician: <span class="Latn" lang="gl"><a href="/wiki/evoluci%C3%B3n#Galician" title="evolución">evolución</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://gl.wiktionary.org/wiki/evoluci%C3%B3n" class="extiw" title="gl:evolución">(gl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Georgian: <span class="Geor" lang="ka"><a href="/wiki/%E1%83%94%E1%83%95%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9A%E1%83%A3%E1%83%AA%E1%83%98%E1%83%90#Georgian" title="ევოლუცია">ევოლუცია</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ka-Latn" class="tr Latn">evolucia</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Geor" lang="ka"><a href="/wiki/%E1%83%92%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%97%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%90#Georgian" title="განვითარება">განვითარება</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ka-Latn" class="tr Latn">ganvitareba</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Evolution#German" title="Evolution">Evolution</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Evolution" class="extiw" title="de:Evolution">(de)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Hawaiian: <span class="Latn" lang="haw"><a href="/w/index.php?title=liliuoli&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="liliuoli (page does not exist)">liliuoli</a></span></li> <li>Hebrew: <span class="Hebr" lang="he"><a href="/wiki/%D7%94%D7%AA%D7%A4%D7%AA%D7%97%D7%95%D7%AA#Hebrew" title="התפתחות">הִתְפַּתְּחוּת</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="he-Latn" class="tr Latn">hitpat'khút</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Hebr" lang="he"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D7%94%D7%A9%D7%AA%D7%9C%D7%A9%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%AA&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="השתלשלות (page does not exist)">השתלשלות</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Hindi: <span class="Deva" lang="hi"><a href="/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B8#Hindi" title="विकास">विकास</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hi.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B8" class="extiw" title="hi:विकास">(hi)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="hi-Latn" class="tr Latn">vikās</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Interlingua: <span class="Latn" lang="ia"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Interlingua">evolution</a></span></li> <li>Italian: <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/evoluzione#Italian" title="evoluzione">evoluzione</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/evoluzione" class="extiw" title="it:evoluzione">(it)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Javanese: <span class="Latn" lang="jv"><a href="/wiki/%C3%A9polusi#Javanese" title="épolusi">épolusi</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="jv"><a href="/wiki/kamajengan#Javanese" title="kamajengan">kamajengan</a></span></li> <li>Kyrgyz: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ky"><a href="/wiki/%D3%A9%D0%B7%D0%B3%D3%A9%D1%80%D1%82%D2%AF%D0%BC#Kyrgyz" title="өзгөртүм">өзгөртүм</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ky-Latn" class="tr Latn">özgörtüm</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Latin: <span class="Latn" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/series#Latin" title="series">seriēs</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/progressus#Latin" title="progressus">prōgressus</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Latvian: <span class="Latn" lang="lv"><a href="/wiki/evol%C5%ABcija#Latvian" title="evolūcija">evolūcija</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Lithuanian: <span class="Latn" lang="lt"><a href="/w/index.php?title=evoliucija&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="evoliucija (page does not exist)">evoliucija</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Lombard: <span class="Latn" lang="lmo"><a href="/w/index.php?title=evoluzion&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="evoluzion (page does not exist)">evoluzion</a></span></li> <li>Malay: <span class="Latn" lang="ms"><a href="/wiki/evolusi#Malay" title="evolusi">evolusi</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ms.wiktionary.org/wiki/evolusi" class="extiw" title="ms:evolusi">(ms)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="ms"><a href="/w/index.php?title=ubah_ansur&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ubah ansur (page does not exist)">ubah ansur</a></span></li> <li>Maltese: <span class="Latn" lang="mt"><a href="/wiki/evoluzzjoni#Maltese" title="evoluzzjoni">evoluzzjoni</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Maori: <span class="Latn" lang="mi"><a href="/w/index.php?title=whanaketanga&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="whanaketanga (page does not exist)">whanaketanga</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="mi"><a href="/w/index.php?title=kukuwhatanga&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="kukuwhatanga (page does not exist)">kukuwhatanga</a></span></li> <li>Marathi: <span class="Deva" lang="mr"><a href="/wiki/%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%80#Marathi" title="उत्क्रांती">उत्क्रांती</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="mr-Latn" class="tr Latn">utkrāntī</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Norwegian: <dl><dd>Bokmål: <span class="Latn" lang="nb"><a href="/wiki/evolusjon#Norwegian_Bokmål" title="evolusjon">evolusjon</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></dd> <dd>Nynorsk: <span class="Latn" lang="nn"><a href="/wiki/evolusjon#Norwegian_Nynorsk" title="evolusjon">evolusjon</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></dd></dl></li> <li>Occitan: <span class="Latn" lang="oc"><a href="/wiki/evolucion#Occitan" title="evolucion">evolucion</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://oc.wiktionary.org/wiki/evolucion" class="extiw" title="oc:evolucion">(oc)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Persian: <span class="Arab fa-Arab" lang="fa"><a href="/wiki/%D8%AA%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%84#Persian" title="تکامل">تکامل</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fa.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D8%AA%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%84" class="extiw" title="fa:تکامل">(fa)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="fa-Latn" class="tr Latn">takâmol</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab fa-Arab" lang="fa"><a href="/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%DA%AF%D8%B4%D8%AA#Persian" title="فرگشت">فرگشت</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fa.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%DA%AF%D8%B4%D8%AA" class="extiw" title="fa:فرگشت">(fa)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="fa-Latn" class="tr Latn">fargašt</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Polish: <span class="Latn" lang="pl"><a href="/wiki/ewolucja#Polish" title="ewolucja">ewolucja</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/ewolucja" class="extiw" title="pl:ewolucja">(pl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Portuguese: <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/evolu%C3%A7%C3%A3o#Portuguese" title="evolução">evolução</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/evolu%C3%A7%C3%A3o" class="extiw" title="pt:evolução">(pt)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Romanian: <span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/wiki/evolu%C8%9Bie#Romanian" title="evoluție">evoluție</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ro.wiktionary.org/wiki/evolu%C8%9Bie" class="extiw" title="ro:evoluție">(ro)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Russian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D1%8D%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8E%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F#Russian" title="эволюция">эволю́ция</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%8D%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8E%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F" class="extiw" title="ru:эволюция">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">evoljúcija</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B5#Russian" title="развитие">разви́тие</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B5" class="extiw" title="ru:развитие">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">razvítije</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Serbo-Croatian: <dl><dd>Roman: <span class="Latn" lang="sh"><a href="/wiki/evolucija#Serbo-Croatian" title="evolucija">evolúcija</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sh.wiktionary.org/wiki/evolucija" class="extiw" title="sh:evolucija">(sh)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></dd></dl></li> <li>Slovak: <span class="Latn" lang="sk"><a href="/wiki/evol%C3%BAcia#Slovak" title="evolúcia">evolúcia</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Spanish: <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/evoluci%C3%B3n#Spanish" title="evolución">evolución</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/evoluci%C3%B3n" class="extiw" title="es:evolución">(es)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Swedish: <span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Swedish">evolution</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/evolution" class="extiw" title="sv:evolution">(sv)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="common gender">c</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/utveckling#Swedish" title="utveckling">utveckling</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/utveckling" class="extiw" title="sv:utveckling">(sv)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="common gender">c</abbr></span></li> <li>Tagalog: <span class="Latn" lang="tl"><a href="/wiki/pagsunlad#Tagalog" title="pagsunlad">pagsunlad</a></span></li> <li>Thai: <span class="Thai" lang="th"><a href="/wiki/%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%92%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A3#Thai" title="วิวัฒนาการ">วิวัฒนาการ</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://th.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%92%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A3" class="extiw" title="th:วิวัฒนาการ">(th)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="th-Latn" class="tr Latn">wí-wát-tá-naa-gaan</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Ukrainian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="uk"><a href="/wiki/%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8E%D1%86%D1%96%D1%8F#Ukrainian" title="еволюція">еволю́ція</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="uk-Latn" class="tr Latn">evoljúcija</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Welsh: <span class="Latn" lang="cy"><a href="/wiki/esblygiad#Welsh" title="esblygiad">esblygiad</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://cy.wiktionary.org/wiki/esblygiad" class="extiw" title="cy:esblygiad">(cy)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-biology:_change_in_the_genetic_composition_of_a_population_over_time"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="biology: change in the genetic composition of a population over time"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270" /> <ul><li>Afrikaans: <span class="Latn" lang="af"><a href="/w/index.php?title=evolusie&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="evolusie (page does not exist)">evolusie</a></span></li> <li>Albanian: <span class="Latn" lang="sq"><a href="/wiki/evolucion#Albanian" title="evolucion">evolucion</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sq.wiktionary.org/wiki/evolucion" class="extiw" title="sq:evolucion">(sq)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Arabic: <span class="Arab" lang="ar"><a href="/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B7%D9%88%D8%B1#Arabic" title="تطور">تَطَوُّر</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ar-Latn" class="tr Latn">taṭawwur</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Armenian: <span class="Armn" lang="hy"><a href="/wiki/%D5%A7%D5%BE%D5%B8%D5%AC%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82%D6%81%D5%AB%D5%A1#Armenian" title="էվոլյուցիա">էվոլյուցիա</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hy.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D5%A7%D5%BE%D5%B8%D5%AC%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82%D6%81%D5%AB%D5%A1" class="extiw" title="hy:էվոլյուցիա">(hy)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="hy-Latn" class="tr Latn">ēvolyucʻia</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Asturian: <span class="Latn" lang="ast"><a href="/wiki/evoluci%C3%B3n#Asturian" title="evolución">evolución</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Azerbaijani: <span class="Latn" lang="az"><a href="/wiki/t%C9%99kam%C3%BCl#Azerbaijani" title="təkamül">təkamül</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://az.wiktionary.org/wiki/t%C9%99kam%C3%BCl" class="extiw" title="az:təkamül">(az)</a></span></li> <li>Belarusian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="be"><a href="/wiki/%D1%8D%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8E%D1%86%D1%8B%D1%8F#Belarusian" title="эвалюцыя">эвалю́цыя</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://be.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%8D%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8E%D1%86%D1%8B%D1%8F" class="extiw" title="be:эвалюцыя">(be)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="be-Latn" class="tr Latn">evaljúcyja</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Bengali: <span class="Beng" lang="bn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%A8&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="বিবর্তন (page does not exist)">বিবর্তন</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://bn.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%A8" class="extiw" title="bn:বিবর্তন">(bn)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="bn-Latn" class="tr Latn">biborton</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Bulgarian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="bg"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8E%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="еволюция (page does not exist)">еволю́ция</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://bg.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8E%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F" class="extiw" title="bg:еволюция">(bg)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="bg-Latn" class="tr Latn">evoljúcija</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Burmese: <span class="Mymr" lang="my"><a href="/wiki/%E1%80%86%E1%80%84%E1%80%B7%E1%80%BA%E1%80%80%E1%80%B2%E1%80%96%E1%80%BC%E1%80%85%E1%80%BA%E1%80%85%E1%80%89%E1%80%BA#Burmese" title="ဆင့်ကဲဖြစ်စဉ်">ဆင့်ကဲဖြစ်စဉ်</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://my.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E1%80%86%E1%80%84%E1%80%B7%E1%80%BA%E1%80%80%E1%80%B2%E1%80%96%E1%80%BC%E1%80%85%E1%80%BA%E1%80%85%E1%80%89%E1%80%BA" class="extiw" title="my:ဆင့်ကဲဖြစ်စဉ်">(my)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="my-Latn" class="tr Latn">hcang.kai:hpraccany</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Catalan: <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/evoluci%C3%B3#Catalan" title="evolució">evolució</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ca.wiktionary.org/wiki/evoluci%C3%B3" class="extiw" title="ca:evolució">(ca)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Chinese: <dl><dd>Cantonese: <span class="Hant" lang="yue"><a href="/wiki/%E9%80%B2%E5%8C%96#Cantonese" title="進化">進化</a></span><span class="Zsym mention" style="font-size:100%;"> / </span><span class="Hans" lang="yue"><a href="/wiki/%E8%BF%9B%E5%8C%96#Cantonese" title="进化">进化</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="yue-Latn" class="tr Latn">zeon<sup>3</sup> faa<sup>3</sup></span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Hani" lang="yue"><a href="/wiki/%E6%BC%94%E5%8C%96#Cantonese" title="演化">演化</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="yue-Latn" class="tr Latn">jin<sup>2</sup> faa<sup>3</sup></span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></dd> <dd>Hokkien: <span class="Hant" lang="nan-hbl"><a href="/wiki/%E9%80%B2%E5%8C%96#Hokkien" title="進化">進化</a></span><span class="Zsym mention" style="font-size:100%;"> / </span><span class="Hans" lang="nan-hbl"><a href="/wiki/%E8%BF%9B%E5%8C%96#Hokkien" title="进化">进化</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="nan-hbl-Latn" class="tr Latn">chìn-hòa</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Hani" lang="nan-hbl"><a href="/wiki/%E6%BC%94%E5%8C%96#Hokkien" title="演化">演化</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://zh-min-nan.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%BC%94%E5%8C%96" class="extiw" title="zh-min-nan:演化">(zh-min-nan)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="nan-hbl-Latn" class="tr Latn">ián-hòa</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></dd> <dd>Mandarin: <span class="Hant" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E9%80%B2%E5%8C%96#Mandarin" title="進化">進化</a></span><span class="Zsym mention" style="font-size:100%;"> / </span><span class="Hans" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E8%BF%9B%E5%8C%96#Mandarin" title="进化">进化</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%80%B2%E5%8C%96" class="extiw" title="zh:進化">(zh)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="cmn-Latn" class="tr Latn">jìnhuà</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Hani" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E6%BC%94%E5%8C%96#Mandarin" title="演化">演化</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%BC%94%E5%8C%96" class="extiw" title="zh:演化">(zh)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="cmn-Latn" class="tr Latn">yǎnhuà</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></dd></dl></li> <li>Czech: <span class="Latn" lang="cs"><a href="/wiki/evoluce#Czech" title="evoluce">evoluce</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://cs.wiktionary.org/wiki/evoluce" class="extiw" title="cs:evoluce">(cs)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Danish: <span class="Latn" lang="da"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Danish">evolution</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://da.wiktionary.org/wiki/evolution" class="extiw" title="da:evolution">(da)</a></span></li> <li>Dutch: <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/evolutie#Dutch" title="evolutie">evolutie</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/evolutie" class="extiw" title="nl:evolutie">(nl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Esperanto: <span class="Latn" lang="eo"><a href="/wiki/evoluo#Esperanto" title="evoluo">evoluo</a></span></li> <li>Estonian: <span class="Latn" lang="et"><a href="/wiki/evolutsioon#Estonian" title="evolutsioon">evolutsioon</a></span></li> <li>Finnish: <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/evoluutio#Finnish" title="evoluutio">evoluutio</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/evoluutio" class="extiw" title="fi:evoluutio">(fi)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>French: <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/%C3%A9volution#French" title="évolution">évolution</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C3%A9volution" class="extiw" title="fr:évolution">(fr)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Galician: <span class="Latn" lang="gl"><a href="/wiki/evoluci%C3%B3n#Galician" title="evolución">evolución</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://gl.wiktionary.org/wiki/evoluci%C3%B3n" class="extiw" title="gl:evolución">(gl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Georgian: <span class="Geor" lang="ka"><a href="/wiki/%E1%83%94%E1%83%95%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9A%E1%83%A3%E1%83%AA%E1%83%98%E1%83%90#Georgian" title="ევოლუცია">ევოლუცია</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ka-Latn" class="tr Latn">evolucia</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Evolution#German" title="Evolution">Evolution</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Evolution" class="extiw" title="de:Evolution">(de)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Greek: <span class="Grek" lang="el"><a href="/wiki/%CE%B5%CE%BE%CE%AD%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%BE%CE%B7#Greek" title="εξέλιξη">εξέλιξη</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%B5%CE%BE%CE%AD%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%BE%CE%B7" class="extiw" title="el:εξέλιξη">(el)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="el-Latn" class="tr Latn">exélixi</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Hawaiian: <span class="Latn" lang="haw"><a href="/w/index.php?title=liliuewe&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="liliuewe (page does not exist)">liliuewe</a></span></li> <li>Hebrew: <span class="Hebr" lang="he"><a href="/wiki/%D7%90%D7%91%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%A6%D7%99%D7%94#Hebrew" title="אבולוציה">אֶבוֹלוּצְיָה</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://he.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%91%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%A6%D7%99%D7%94" class="extiw" title="he:אבולוציה">(he)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="he-Latn" class="tr Latn">evolútsya</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Hindi: <span class="Deva" lang="hi"><a href="/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B8#Hindi" title="विकास">विकास</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hi.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B8" class="extiw" title="hi:विकास">(hi)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="hi-Latn" class="tr Latn">vikās</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Hungarian: <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/evol%C3%BAci%C3%B3#Hungarian" title="evolúció">evolúció</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/evol%C3%BAci%C3%B3" class="extiw" title="hu:evolúció">(hu)</a></span></li> <li>Icelandic: <span class="Latn" lang="is"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C3%BEr%C3%B3unarkenningin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="þróunarkenningin (page does not exist)">þróunarkenningin</a></span></li> <li>Indonesian: <span class="Latn" lang="id"><a href="/wiki/evolusi#Indonesian" title="evolusi">evolusi</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://id.wiktionary.org/wiki/evolusi" class="extiw" title="id:evolusi">(id)</a></span></li> <li>Interlingua: <span class="Latn" lang="ia"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Interlingua">evolution</a></span></li> <li>Irish: <span class="Latn" lang="ga"><a href="/wiki/%C3%A9abhl%C3%B3id#Irish" title="éabhlóid">éabhlóid</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Italian: <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/evoluzione#Italian" title="evoluzione">evoluzione</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/evoluzione" class="extiw" title="it:evoluzione">(it)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Japanese: <span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/wiki/%E9%80%B2%E5%8C%96#Japanese" title="進化">進化</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%80%B2%E5%8C%96" class="extiw" title="ja:進化">(ja)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="tr">しんか, shinka</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Karachay-Balkar: <span class="Cyrl" lang="krc"><a href="/wiki/%D1%8D%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8E%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F#Karachay-Balkar" title="эволюция">эволюция</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="krc-Latn" class="tr Latn">evolyutsiya</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Kazakh: <span class="Cyrl" lang="kk"><a href="/wiki/%D1%8D%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8E%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F#Kazakh" title="эволюция">эволюция</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="kk-Latn" class="tr Latn">évolüsiä</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Khmer: <span class="Khmr" lang="km"><a href="/wiki/%E1%9E%80%E1%9E%B6%E1%9E%9A%E1%9E%9C%E1%9E%B7%E1%9E%9C%E1%9E%8F%E1%9F%92%E1%9E%8F%E1%9E%93%E1%9F%8D#Khmer" title="ការវិវត្តន៍">ការវិវត្តន៍</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="km-Latn" class="tr Latn">kaa vivŏət</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Korean: <span class="Kore" lang="ko"><a href="/wiki/%EC%A7%84%ED%99%94#Korean" title="진화">진화(進化)</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ko.wiktionary.org/wiki/%EC%A7%84%ED%99%94" class="extiw" title="ko:진화">(ko)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ko-Latn" class="tr Latn">jinhwa</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Kurdish: <dl><dd>Northern Kurdish: <span class="Latn" lang="kmr"><a href="/w/index.php?title=peresandin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="peresandin (page does not exist)">peresandin</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ku.wiktionary.org/wiki/peresandin" class="extiw" title="ku:peresandin">(ku)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="kmr"><a href="/w/index.php?title=tekam%C3%BBl&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="tekamûl (page does not exist)">tekamûl</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ku.wiktionary.org/wiki/tekam%C3%BBl" class="extiw" title="ku:tekamûl">(ku)</a></span></dd></dl></li> <li>Kyrgyz: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ky"><a href="/wiki/%D1%8D%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8E%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F#Kyrgyz" title="эволюция">эволюция</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ky-Latn" class="tr Latn">evolyutsiya</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Lao: <span class="Laoo" lang="lo"><a href="/wiki/%E0%BA%A7%E0%BA%B4%E0%BA%A7%E0%BA%B1%E0%BA%94%E0%BA%97%E0%BA%B0%E0%BA%99%E0%BA%B2%E0%BA%81%E0%BA%B2%E0%BA%99#Lao" title="ວິວັດທະນາການ">ວິວັດທະນາການ</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://lo.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%BA%A7%E0%BA%B4%E0%BA%A7%E0%BA%B1%E0%BA%94%E0%BA%97%E0%BA%B0%E0%BA%99%E0%BA%B2%E0%BA%81%E0%BA%B2%E0%BA%99" class="extiw" title="lo:ວິວັດທະນາການ">(lo)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="lo-Latn" class="tr Latn">vi vat tha nā kān</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Latin: <span class="Latn" lang="la"><a href="/w/index.php?title=evolutio_vitae&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="evolutio vitae (page does not exist)">ēvolūtiō vītae</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Latvian: <span class="Latn" lang="lv"><a href="/wiki/evol%C5%ABcija#Latvian" title="evolūcija">evolūcija</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Lithuanian: <span class="Latn" lang="lt"><a href="/w/index.php?title=evoliucija&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="evoliucija (page does not exist)">evoliucija</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Lombard: <span class="Latn" lang="lmo"><a href="/w/index.php?title=evoluzion&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="evoluzion (page does not exist)">evoluzion</a></span></li> <li>Macedonian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="mk"><a href="/wiki/%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%83%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0#Macedonian" title="еволуција">еволуција</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="mk-Latn" class="tr Latn">evolucija</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Malay: <span class="Latn" lang="ms"><a href="/wiki/evolusi#Malay" title="evolusi">evolusi</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ms.wiktionary.org/wiki/evolusi" class="extiw" title="ms:evolusi">(ms)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="ms"><a href="/w/index.php?title=ubah_ansur&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ubah ansur (page does not exist)">ubah ansur</a></span></li> <li>Maltese: <span class="Latn" lang="mt"><a href="/wiki/evoluzzjoni#Maltese" title="evoluzzjoni">evoluzzjoni</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Manx: <span class="Latn" lang="gv"><a href="/wiki/aafilley#Manx" title="aafilley">aafilley</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Maori: <span class="Latn" lang="mi"><a href="/w/index.php?title=kukuwhatanga&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="kukuwhatanga (page does not exist)">kukuwhatanga</a></span></li> <li>Marathi: <span class="Deva" lang="mr"><a href="/wiki/%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%80#Marathi" title="उत्क्रांती">उत्क्रांती</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="mr-Latn" class="tr Latn">utkrāntī</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Mongolian: <dl><dd>Cyrillic: <span class="Cyrl" lang="mn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D1%8D%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8E%D1%86%D0%B8&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="эволюци (page does not exist)">эволюци</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="mn-Latn" class="tr Latn">evoljüci</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></dd></dl></li> <li>Norwegian: <dl><dd>Bokmål: <span class="Latn" lang="nb"><a href="/wiki/evolusjon#Norwegian_Bokmål" title="evolusjon">evolusjon</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></dd> <dd>Nynorsk: <span class="Latn" lang="nn"><a href="/wiki/evolusjon#Norwegian_Nynorsk" title="evolusjon">evolusjon</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></dd></dl></li> <li>Occitan: <span class="Latn" lang="oc"><a href="/wiki/evolucion#Occitan" title="evolucion">evolucion</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://oc.wiktionary.org/wiki/evolucion" class="extiw" title="oc:evolucion">(oc)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Pashto: <span class="Arab ps-Arab" lang="ps"><a href="/wiki/%D8%AA%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%84#Pashto" title="تکامل">تکامل</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ps.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D8%AA%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%84" class="extiw" title="ps:تکامل">(ps)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ps-Latn" class="tr Latn">takāmol</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Persian: <span class="Arab fa-Arab" lang="fa"><a href="/wiki/%D8%AA%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%84#Persian" title="تکامل">تکامل</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fa.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D8%AA%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%84" class="extiw" title="fa:تکامل">(fa)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="fa-Latn" class="tr Latn">takâmol</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab fa-Arab" lang="fa"><a href="/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%DA%AF%D8%B4%D8%AA#Persian" title="فرگشت">فرگشت</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fa.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%DA%AF%D8%B4%D8%AA" class="extiw" title="fa:فرگشت">(fa)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="singular number">sg</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="fa-Latn" class="tr Latn">fargašt</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Polish: <span class="Latn" lang="pl"><a href="/wiki/ewolucja#Polish" title="ewolucja">ewolucja</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/ewolucja" class="extiw" title="pl:ewolucja">(pl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Portuguese: <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/evolu%C3%A7%C3%A3o#Portuguese" title="evolução">evolução</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/evolu%C3%A7%C3%A3o" class="extiw" title="pt:evolução">(pt)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Romanian: <span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/wiki/evolu%C8%9Bie#Romanian" title="evoluție">evoluție</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ro.wiktionary.org/wiki/evolu%C8%9Bie" class="extiw" title="ro:evoluție">(ro)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Russian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D1%8D%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8E%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F#Russian" title="эволюция">эволю́ция</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%8D%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8E%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F" class="extiw" title="ru:эволюция">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">evoljúcija</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B5#Russian" title="развитие">разви́тие</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B5" class="extiw" title="ru:развитие">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">razvítije</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Serbo-Croatian: <dl><dd>Cyrillic: <span class="Cyrl" lang="sh"><a href="/wiki/%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%83%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0#Serbo-Croatian" title="еволуција">еволу́ција</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></dd> <dd>Roman: <span class="Latn" lang="sh"><a href="/wiki/evolucija#Serbo-Croatian" title="evolucija">evolúcija</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sh.wiktionary.org/wiki/evolucija" class="extiw" title="sh:evolucija">(sh)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></dd></dl></li> <li>Sinhalese: <span class="Sinh" lang="si"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B6%B4%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%AB%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%B8%E0%B6%BA&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="පරිණාමය (page does not exist)">පරිණාමය</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://si.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%B6%B4%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%AB%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%B8%E0%B6%BA" class="extiw" title="si:පරිණාමය">(si)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="si-Latn" class="tr Latn">pariṇāmaya</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Slovak: <span class="Latn" lang="sk"><a href="/wiki/evol%C3%BAcia#Slovak" title="evolúcia">evolúcia</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Slovene: <span class="Latn" lang="sl"><a href="/wiki/evolucija#Slovene" title="evolucija">evolucija</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sl.wiktionary.org/wiki/evolucija" class="extiw" title="sl:evolucija">(sl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Spanish: <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/evoluci%C3%B3n#Spanish" title="evolución">evolución</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/evoluci%C3%B3n" class="extiw" title="es:evolución">(es)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Swedish: <span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Swedish">evolution</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/evolution" class="extiw" title="sv:evolution">(sv)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="common gender">c</abbr></span></li> <li>Tagalog: <span class="Latn" lang="tl"><a href="/wiki/ebolusyon#Tagalog" title="ebolusyon">ebolusyon</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://tl.wiktionary.org/wiki/ebolusyon" class="extiw" title="tl:ebolusyon">(tl)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="tl"><a href="/wiki/kasunlaran#Tagalog" title="kasunlaran">kasunlaran</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="tl"><a href="/wiki/pagsunlad#Tagalog" title="pagsunlad">pagsunlad</a></span></li> <li>Tajik: <span class="Cyrl" lang="tg"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D1%82%D0%B0%D2%B3%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B2%D1%83%D0%BB&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="таҳаввул (page does not exist)">таҳаввул</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="tg-Latn" class="tr Latn">tahavvul</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="tg"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D1%8D%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8E%D1%82%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%8F&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="эволютсия (page does not exist)">эволютсия</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://tg.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%8D%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8E%D1%82%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%8F" class="extiw" title="tg:эволютсия">(tg)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="tg-Latn" class="tr Latn">evolyutsiya</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="tg"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%BB&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="такомул (page does not exist)">такомул</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://tg.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%BB" class="extiw" title="tg:такомул">(tg)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="tg-Latn" class="tr Latn">takomul</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Tatar: <span class="Cyrl" lang="tt"><a href="/wiki/%D1%8D%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8E%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F#Tatar" title="эволюция">эволюция</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="tt-Latn" class="tr Latn">ewolyutsiyä</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Thai: <span class="Thai" lang="th"><a href="/wiki/%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%92%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A3#Thai" title="วิวัฒนาการ">วิวัฒนาการ</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://th.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%92%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A3" class="extiw" title="th:วิวัฒนาการ">(th)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="th-Latn" class="tr Latn">wí-wát-tá-naa-gaan</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Turkish: <span class="Latn" lang="tr"><a href="/wiki/evrim#Turkish" title="evrim">evrim</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/evrim" class="extiw" title="tr:evrim">(tr)</a></span></li> <li>Turkmen: <span class="Latn" lang="tk"><a href="/w/index.php?title=ewol%C3%BDusi%C3%BDa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ewolýusiýa (page does not exist)">ewolýusiýa</a></span></li> <li>Ukrainian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="uk"><a href="/wiki/%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8E%D1%86%D1%96%D1%8F#Ukrainian" title="еволюція">еволю́ція</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="uk-Latn" class="tr Latn">evoljúcija</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Urdu: <span class="Arab ur-Arab" lang="ur"><a href="/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%A1#Urdu" title="ارتقاء">ارتقاء</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ur-Latn" class="tr Latn">irtiqā</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab ur-Arab" lang="ur"><a href="/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%82%D8%A7#Urdu" title="ارتقا">ارتقا</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ur-Latn" class="tr Latn">irtiqā</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab ur-Arab" lang="ur"><a href="/wiki/%D8%AA%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%84#Urdu" title="تکامل">تَکامُل</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ur-Latn" class="tr Latn">takāmul</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Uyghur: <span class="Arab ug-Arab" lang="ug"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D8%A6%DB%90%DB%8B%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%DB%87%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%89%D9%8A%DB%95&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ئېۋوليۇتسىيە (page does not exist)">ئېۋوليۇتسىيە</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ug-Latn" class="tr Latn">ëwolyutsiye</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Uzbek: <span class="Latn" lang="uz"><a href="/wiki/evolutsiya#Uzbek" title="evolutsiya">evolutsiya</a></span></li> <li>Vietnamese: <span class="Latn" lang="vi"><a href="/wiki/ti%E1%BA%BFn_h%C3%B3a#Vietnamese" title="tiến hóa">tiến hóa</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://vi.wiktionary.org/wiki/ti%E1%BA%BFn_h%C3%B3a" class="extiw" title="vi:tiến hóa">(vi)</a></span> (<span class="Hani" lang="vi"><a href="/wiki/%E9%80%B2%E5%8C%96#Vietnamese" title="進化">進化</a></span>)</li> <li>Volapük: <span class="Latn" lang="vo"><a href="/w/index.php?title=volf&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="volf (page does not exist)">volf</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://vo.wiktionary.org/wiki/volf" class="extiw" title="vo:volf">(vo)</a></span></li> <li>Votic: <span class="Latn" lang="vot"><a href="/w/index.php?title=evo%C4%BEuutsij%C3%B5&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="evoľuutsijõ (page does not exist)">evoľuutsijõ</a></span></li> <li>Welsh: <span class="Latn" lang="cy"><a href="/wiki/esblygiad#Welsh" title="esblygiad">esblygiad</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://cy.wiktionary.org/wiki/esblygiad" class="extiw" title="cy:esblygiad">(cy)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Yakut: <span class="Cyrl" lang="sah"><a href="/wiki/%D1%8D%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8E%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F#Yakut" title="эволюция">эволюция</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="sah-Latn" class="tr Latn">evolutsiya</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Yiddish: <span class="Hebr" lang="yi"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D7%A2%D7%95%D7%95%D7%90%D6%B8%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%A6%D7%99%D7%A2&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="עוואָלוציע (page does not exist)">עוואָלוציע</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="yi-Latn" class="tr Latn">evolutsye</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-mathematics:_the_extraction_of_a_root_from_a_quantity"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">mathematics: the extraction of a root from a quantity</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="mathematics: the extraction of a root from a quantity"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270" /> <ul><li>Bulgarian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="bg"><a href="/wiki/%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B2%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5#Bulgarian" title="извличане">извличане</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="bg-Latn" class="tr Latn">izvličane</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Russian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B2%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5#Russian" title="извлечение">извлече́ние</a> <a href="/wiki/%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%8C#Russian" title="корень">ко́рня</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">izvlečénije kórnja</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-military:_One_of_a_series_of_ordered_movements"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">military: One of a series of ordered movements</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="military: One of a series of ordered movements"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270" /> <ul><li>Bulgarian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="bg"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%8F%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="престрояване (page does not exist)">престрояване</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://bg.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%8F%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5" class="extiw" title="bg:престрояване">(bg)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="bg-Latn" class="tr Latn">prestrojavane</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Polish: <span class="Latn" lang="pl"><a href="/wiki/ewolucja#Polish" title="ewolucja">ewolucja</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/ewolucja" class="extiw" title="pl:ewolucja">(pl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Portuguese: <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/evolu%C3%A7%C3%A3o#Portuguese" title="evolução">evolução</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/evolu%C3%A7%C3%A3o" class="extiw" title="pt:evolução">(pt)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Russian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="перестроение (page does not exist)">перестрое́ние</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5" class="extiw" title="ru:перестроение">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">perestrojénije</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%91%D0%B2%D1%80#Russian" title="манёвр">манёвр</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%91%D0%B2%D1%80" class="extiw" title="ru:манёвр">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">manjóvr</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5#Russian" title="передвижение">передвиже́ние</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5" class="extiw" title="ru:передвижение">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">peredvižénije</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D1%8D%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8E%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F#Russian" title="эволюция">эволю́ция</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%8D%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8E%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F" class="extiw" title="ru:эволюция">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">evoljúcija</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">obsolete or ironical</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-turning_movement_of_the_body"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">turning movement of the body</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="turning movement of the body"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270" /> <ul><li>Polish: <span class="Latn" lang="pl"><a href="/wiki/ewolucja#Polish" title="ewolucja">ewolucja</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/ewolucja" class="extiw" title="pl:ewolucja">(pl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Portuguese: <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/evolu%C3%A7%C3%A3o#Portuguese" title="evolução">evolução</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/evolu%C3%A7%C3%A3o" class="extiw" title="pt:evolução">(pt)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="checktrans"> <dl><dd><i>The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Entry_layout#Translations" title="Wiktionary:Entry layout">Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations</a>.</i></dd></dl> </div> <div class="NavFrame"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">Translations to be checked</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="Translations to be checked"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270" /> <ul><li>Spanish: <span class="ttbc"><sup class="ttbc">(please <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Translations#Translations_to_be_checked" title="Wiktionary:Translations">verify</a>)</sup> <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/evoluci%C3%B3n#Spanish" title="evolución">evolución</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/evoluci%C3%B3n" class="extiw" title="es:evolución">(es)</a></span></span></li> <li>Tagalog: <span class="ttbc"><sup class="ttbc">(please <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Translations#Translations_to_be_checked" title="Wiktionary:Translations">verify</a>)</sup> <span class="Latn" lang="tl"><a href="/wiki/ebolusyon#Tagalog" title="ebolusyon">ebolusyon</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://tl.wiktionary.org/wiki/ebolusyon" class="extiw" title="tl:ebolusyon">(tl)</a></span></span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="See_also">See also</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=evolution&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Darwinism#English" title="Darwinism">Darwinism</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/neo-Darwinism#English" title="neo-Darwinism">neo-Darwinism</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="References">References</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=evolution&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.onelook.com/?w=evolution&ls=a">evolution</a>”, in <cite>OneLook Dictionary Search</cite>.</span></span></li> <li>evolution in <i>Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary</i>, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.</li> <li>"evolution" in Raymond Williams, <i>Keywords</i> (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 120.</li> <li><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Dwight_Whitney" class="extiw" title="w:William Dwight Whitney">William Dwight Whitney</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Eli_Smith" class="extiw" title="w:Benjamin Eli Smith">Benjamin E[li] Smith</a>, editors (<span class="None" lang="und">1911</span>), “<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://server-66-113-234-189.da.direct/century-dictionary.com/html/wnph-chw.php?query=evolution&type=dicts">evolution</a>”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Century_Dictionary" class="extiw" title="w:Century Dictionary">The Century Dictionary<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="and Cyclopedia: With a New Atlas of the World; a Work of General Reference in All Departments of Knowledge in Twelve Volumes">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></a></cite>, New York, N.Y.: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Century_Company" class="extiw" title="w:The Century Company">The Century Co.</a>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/867766587">→OCLC</a></small>.</span></span></li> <li><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.websters1913.com/words/Evolution">evolution</a>”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webster%27s_Dictionary#Webster's_New_International_Dictionary_1909" class="extiw" title="w:Webster's Dictionary">Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary</a></cite>, Springfield, Mass.: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merriam-Webster" class="extiw" title="w:Merriam-Webster">G. & C. Merriam</a>, <span class="None" lang="und">1913</span>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/800618302">→OCLC</a></small>.</span></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Swedish">Swedish</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=evolution&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Swedish"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="interproject-box sister-wikipedia sister-project noprint floatright"><div style="float: left;"><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/44px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="44" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/66px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/88px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="103" data-file-height="94" /></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div><div style="margin-left: 60px;">Swedish <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a> has an article on:<div style="margin-left: 10px;"><b class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/sv:evolution" class="extiw" title="w:sv:evolution">evolution</a></b></div></div><span class="interProject"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/sv:evolution" class="extiw" title="w:sv:evolution">Wikipedia <sup>sv</sup></a></span></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r83974623" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun_2">Noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=evolution&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="sv">evolution</strong> <span class="gender"><abbr title="common gender">c</abbr></span></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English">evolution</a></span>; development</li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/biology" title="biology">biology</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English">evolution</a></span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Declension">Declension</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=evolution&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Declension"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div 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