NATURAL SELECTION

Meaning of NATURAL SELECTION in English

■ noun Biology the evolutionary process whereby organisms that are better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring.

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NATURAL SELECTION — noun Date: 1857 a natural process that results in the survival and reproductive success of individuals or groups best adjusted …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
NATURAL SELECTION — Process that results in adaptation of an organism to its environment by means of selectively reproducing changes in its genotype …
Английский словарь Британика
NATURAL SELECTION — noun : a natural process tending to cause the survival of those individuals or groups best adjusted to the conditions …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NATURAL SELECTION — the process by which forms of life having traits that better enable them to adapt to specific environmental pressures, as …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NATURAL SELECTION — process in which species that are best adapted to their environments will survive
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
NATURAL SELECTION — Date: 1857 : a natural process that results in the survival and reproductive success of individuals or groups best adjusted …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NATURAL SELECTION — Function: noun Date: 1857 : a natural process that results in the survival and reproductive success of individuals or groups …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
NATURAL SELECTION — [natural selection] n (1857): a natural process that results in the survival and reproductive success of individuals or groups best …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
NATURAL SELECTION — process that results in the adaptation of an organism to its environment by means of selectively reproducing changes in its …
Britannica English vocabulary
NATURAL SELECTION — noun [ U ] the process by which plants, animals, etc. that can adapt to their environment survive and reproduce, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NATURAL SELECTION — ˌnatural seˈlection BrE AmE noun [uncountable] technical the process by which only plants and animals that are naturally suitable for …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
NATURAL SELECTION — Natural selection is a process by which species of animals and plants that are best adapted to their environment survive …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NATURAL SELECTION — Natural selection is a process by which species of animals and plants that are best adapted to their environment survive …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
NATURAL SELECTION — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Dawkins assumes that natural selection will do this selecting job. ▪ It is dangerous to …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
NATURAL SELECTION — Process that results in adaptation of an organism to its environment by means of selectively reproducing changes in its genotype …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
NATURAL SELECTION — Darwin 's view of evolution with five principles: 1. Proliferation of species ; 2. Variation; 3. Struggle for existence; 4. …
Theological and Philosophical Biography English vocab
NATURAL SELECTION — Natural process by which organisms that adapt to their environment survive while those that do not adapt become eliminated progressively. …
Fishery English Glossary
NATURAL SELECTION — биол. естественный отбор (биология) естественный отбор
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
NATURAL SELECTION — Естественный отбор
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
NATURAL SELECTION — биол. естественный отбор
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
NATURAL SELECTION — научн. отбор естественный
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
NATURAL SELECTION — биол.естественный отбор
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
NATURAL SELECTION — биол. естественный отбор
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
NATURAL SELECTION — биол. естественный отбор
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
NATURAL SELECTION — естественный отбор
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NATURAL SELECTION — естественный отбор
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NATURAL SELECTION — биол. естественный отбор
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
NATURAL SELECTION — биол. естественный отбор
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
NATURAL SELECTION — естественный отбор
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
NATURAL SELECTION — естественный отбор
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
NATURAL SELECTION — _биол. естественный отбор
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
NATURAL SELECTION — биол. естественный отбор
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NATURAL SELECTION — естественный отбор (в том числе в обществе)
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике
NATURAL SELECTION — естественный отбор (в том числе в обществе)
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике и финансам
NATURAL SELECTION — естественный отбор; эволюционный процесс выживания организмов, наиболее приспособленных к условиям среды обитания.
Англо-Русский социологический энциклопедический словарь
NATURAL SELECTION — биол. естественный отбор (биология) естественный отбор
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SELECTION — n selection; selection natural [Biol.] natural selection
Interlingua English vocab
NATURAL — n disposition, temperament adj natural; filio natural natural son; historia natural natural history; lege natural natural law, law of nature
Interlingua English vocab
SELECTION — In biology, the preferential survival and reproduction or preferential elimination of individuals with certain The theory of evolution by natural …
Английский словарь Британика
NATURAL — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) American Museum of Natural History natural bridge Natural Bridges National Monument natural childbirth natural …
Английский словарь Британика
NATURAL
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SELECTION — sə̇ˈlekshən noun ( -s ) Etymology: Latin selection-, selectio, from selectus (past participle of seligere to select) + -ion-, -io …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SELECTION — — selectional , adj. /si lek"sheuhn/ , n. 1. an act or instance of selecting or the state of being …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NATURAL — — naturalness , n. /nach"euhr euhl, nach"reuhl/ , adj. 1. existing in or formed by nature (opposed to artificial ): …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NATURAL — I. ˈna-chə-rəl, ˈnach-rəl adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French naturel, from Latin naturalis of nature, from natura nature Date: 14th …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NATURAL
Webster English vocab
NATURAL — [nat.u.ral] adj [ME, fr. MF, fr. L naturalis of nature, fr. natura nature] (14c) 1: based on an inherent sense …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SELECTION — in biology, the preferential survival and reproduction or preferential elimination of individuals with certain genotypes (genetic compositions), by means of …
Britannica English vocabulary
NATURAL — natural BrE AmE ˈnætʃ ə r‿ ə l ▷ natural|s z ▶ ˌ natural ˈ gas BrE AmE ▶ ˌ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SELECTION — / sɪˈlekʃn; NAmE / noun 1. [ U ] the process of choosing sb/sth from a group of people or …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NATURAL — / ˈnætʃrəl; NAmE / adjective , noun ■ adjective IN NATURE 1. [ only before noun ] existing in nature; …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SELECTION — se ‧ lec ‧ tion S3 W2 AC /səˈlekʃ ə n, sɪˈlekʃ ə n/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
NATURAL — I. nat ‧ u ‧ ral 1 S2 W1 /ˈnætʃ ə rəl/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: noun : …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
NATURAL — adj. & n. --adj. 1 a existing in or caused by nature; not artificial (natural landscape). b uncultivated; wild (existing …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
NATURAL — adj. & n. adj. 1 a existing in or caused by nature; not artificial (natural landscape). b uncultivated; wild (existing …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
NATURAL — adj. & n. --adj. 1. a existing in or caused by nature; not artificial (natural landscape). b uncultivated; wild (existing …
Oxford English vocab
SELECTION — ( selections) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Selection is the act …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NATURAL — ( naturals) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If you say that …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SELECTION — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a huge range/variety/selection etc ▪ a huge range of issues a random selection ▪ He …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
NATURAL — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a natural boundary (= a river, line of mountains etc that form a boundary …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SELECTION — [noun]Success is achieved by the careful selection (= choosing) of projects. [U]We are keen to see if Robley still has …
Cambridge English vocab
NATURAL — n. American Museum of Natural History natural bridge natural arch Natural Bridges National Monument natural childbirth natural gas natural law …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SELECTION — noun 1 process of choosing/being chosen ADJECTIVE ▪ careful ▪ the careful ~ of building materials ▪ random ▪ initial …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
NATURAL — INDEX: 1. plants/animals/places/substances 2. food/drink RELATED WORDS opposite ↑ ARTIFICIAL land where there are trees and fields and not many …
Longman Activator English vocab

Concise Oxford English vocab

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