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Definition of Bathmism
1. n. See Vital force.
Definition of Bathmism
1. Noun. (obsolete) A supposed "growth force" in vitalism. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bathmism
1. a theory of directed evolution [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bathmism
Literary usage of Bathmism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Geological Biology: An Introduction to the Geological History of Organisms by Henry Shaler Williams (1895)
"Growth-force or bathmism.—The defenders of this view are called by Wallace, in
criticising them, the American school of Evolutionists. ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1896)
"The class of evolutional phenomena ^resulting from interference between the
molecular energies and bathmism are given the name ' Physio- genesis,' those ..."
3. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1873)
"A, On the nature of Grade influence or bathmism. Definitions. In plants; in animals.
... Origin of bathmism in time. B, Physiological origin of ..."
4. The Primary Factors of Organic Evolution by Edward Drinker Cope (1904)
"This is a simple example of the " location of growth force or bathmism." In all
folding or invagination there is excess of growth at the region which ..."
5. The Origin of the Fittest: Essays on Evolution by Edward Drinker Cope (1886)
"Teeth and tocs of Ruminants; incisors of Rodents. CHAPTER IV—ON GRADE INFLUENCE.—A,
On the nature of Grade Influence or bathmism. Definitions. ..."
6. Eugenio Rignano Upon the Inheritance of Acquired Characters: A Hypothesis of by Eugenio Rignano (1911)
"And this bathmism would consist acord- ing to this author "in a mode of motion of
... This is a simple example of the location of growth force or bathmism. ..."
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