Gradual+accumulation
51kettle — /ket l/, n. 1. a metal container in which to boil liquids, cook foods, etc.; pot. 2. a teakettle. 3. a kettledrum. 4. Geol. See kettle hole. [bef. 900; ME ketel < ON ketill L catillus, dim. of catinus pot; r. OE cetel, cietel L as above; cf. G… …
52microevolution — microevolutionary, adj. /muy kroh ev euh looh sheuhn/ or, esp. Brit., / ee veuh /, n. Biol. 1. evolutionary change involving the gradual accumulation of mutations leading to new varieties within a species. 2. minor evolutionary change observed… …
53saltationism — saltationist, n. /sal tay sheuh niz euhm/, n. Biol. any of several theories holding that the evolution of species proceeds in major steps by the abrupt transformation of an ancestral species into a descendant species of a different type, rather… …
54Kuhn, Thomas (Samuel) — born July 18, 1922, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. died June 17, 1996, Cambridge, Mass. U.S. historian and philosopher of science. He taught at Berkeley (1956–64), Princeton (1964–79), and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1979–91). In his… …
55volcanic crater — A basin like, rimmed structure, usually at the summit of a volcanic cone. It may be formed by collapse, by an explosive eruption or by the gradual accumulation of pyroclastic material into a surrounding rim. Compare: caldera. GG …
56glacier — gla·ci·er || gleɪʃər / glæsɪə n. very large mass of ice formed through the gradual accumulation of snow in high cold regions adj. of an glacier, like a glacier …
57glaciers — gla·ci·er || gleɪʃər / glæsɪə n. very large mass of ice formed through the gradual accumulation of snow in high cold regions adj. of an glacier, like a glacier …
58build-up — noun 1》 a gradual accumulation or increase. 2》 a period of excitement and preparation before a significant event …
59microevolution — mi•cro•ev•o•lu•tion [[t]ˌmaɪ kroʊˌɛv əˈlu ʃən[/t]] esp. brit. [[t] ˌi və [/t]] n. bio evolutionary change involving the gradual accumulation of mutations leading to new varieties within a species • Etymology: 1935–40 mi cro•ev o•lu′tion•ar′y, adj …
60link rot — /ˈlɪŋk rɒt/ (say lingk rot) noun Internet 1. the process by which links on an internet site gradually become inoperative because of changes to the websites to which the links were originally attached. 2. the effect on a website of the gradual… …
