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Definition of Evolutionary trend
1. Noun. A general direction of evolutionary change.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Evolutionary Trend
Literary usage of Evolutionary trend
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1909)
"... more pronounced and apparent definiteness of evolutionary trend, series ever
narrowing into closer conformity with environmental conditions, ..."
2. Dwarf Mistletoes: Biology, Pathology, and Systematics by Frank G. Hawksworth, Delbert Wiens (1998)
"Within Arceuthobium the evolutionary trend towards a herbaceous habit has resulted
in the retention of numerous juvenile characteristics, which are most ..."
3. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1903)
"... along a well- established evolutionary line, that of numerical nuclear reduction.
The evolutionary trend of the ..."
4. The Economics of Petroleum by Joseph Ezekiel Pogue (1921)
"... extraction of values still further by converting a low-value product into one
of greater worth. While this evolutionary trend is not entirely sharply ..."