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Definition of Monogenesis

1. Noun. Asexual reproduction by the production and release of spores.

Definition of Monogenesis

1. n. Oneness of origin; esp. (Biol.), development of all beings in the universe from a single cell; -- opposed to polygenesis. Called also monism.

Definition of Monogenesis

1. Noun. (anthropology) The theory that mankind originated with a single ancestor or ancestral couple. ¹

2. Noun. (linguistics) The theory that all languages, or a particular set of languages, originated from a single source. ¹

3. Noun. The emergence from a single cause. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Monogenesis

1. [n -GENESES]

Medical Definition of Monogenesis

1. 1. Oneness of origin; especially. Development of all beings in the universe from a single cell; opposed to polygenesis. Synonym: monism. 2. That form of reproduction which requires but one parent, as in reproduction by fission or in the formation of buds, etc, which drop off and form new individuals; asexual reproduction. 3. The direct development of an embryo, without metamorphosis, into an organism similar to the parent organism; opposed to metagenesis. Origin: Mono- + genesis. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Monogenesis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal (1857)
"monogenesis OF PHYSICAL FORCES* By ALFRED SMEE, FRS, FCS intercourse with nature and natural phenomena, we, ..."

2. The Chemist: A Monthly Journal of Chemical and Physical Science (1857)
"... I say only that it is desirable to make experiments in the new direction towards which this fact leads. Ill It ll»<. It A I" II ' . THE monogenesis OF ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1905)
"The alternative hypothesis is that of the monogenesis assumed in the early days of man-science; and the choice—or adjustment—between these opposing views is ..."

4. Glimpses of the Ages: Or, The "superior" and "inferior" Races, So Called by Theophilus E. Samuel Scholes (1905)
"Secondly, in support of the theory of the divine origin of the mental, moral, and physical composition of man, monogenesis, concerning his physical part, ..."

5. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"In math., having a single differential coefficient. monogenesis (mon-o-jen'e-sis), и. ... One who maintains the doctrine of monogenesis in any form. ..."

6. Popular Science Monthly (1904)
"If we accept the theory of the monogenesis of the human race, as most of us undoubtedly do, we must be prepared to admit that there prevails a condition of ..."

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