HETEROGENESES

Noun

heterogeneses

plural of heterogenesis

Source: Wiktionary


HETEROGENESIS

Het`er*o*gen"e*sis, n. Etym: [Hetero- + genesis.]

1. (Biol.)

Definition: Spontaneous generation, so called.

2. (Biol.)

Definition: That method of reproduction in which the successive generations differ from each other, the parent organism producing offspring different in habit and structure from itself, the original form, however, reappearing after one or more generations; -- opposed to homogenesis, or gamogenesis.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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26 November 2024

TRANSPOSITION

(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards


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