Definition of Preadaptation

1. Noun. (biology) An adaptation that evolved in an ancestral population, in which it served a different function ¹

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Definition of Preadaptation

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Preadaptation

preacquaintance
preacquainted
preacquainting
preacquaints
preact
preacted
preacting
preaction
preactions
preactivated
preactivation
preacts
preadamic
preadamitic
preadapt
preadaptation (current term)
preadaptations
preadapted
preadapting
preadaptive
preadapts
preadded
preadipocyte
preadipocytes
preadipose
preadjust
preadjusted
preadjusting
preadjustment
preadjustments

Literary usage of Preadaptation

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

1. The Mind and the Brain by Alfred Binet (1907)
"Thanks to his power of preadaptation, the being endowed with intelligence acquires an enormous advantage over everything which does not reason. ..."

2. The Mind and the Brain by Alfred Binet (1907)
"Thanks to his power of preadaptation, the being endowed with intelligence acquires an enormous advantage over everything which does not reason. ..."

3. Theism in the Light of Present Science and Philosophy by James Iverach (1899)
"This fact, which Mr. Spencer calls preadaptation, reveals to us ... We referred to eyes and ears as instances of preadaptation, but the whole organism of ..."

4. Theism in the Light of Present Science and Philosophy by James Iverach (1899)
"This fact, which Mr. Spencer calls preadaptation, reveals to us a striking peculiarity of ... We referred to eyes and ears as instances of preadaptation, ..."

5. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1906)
"... paradoxical as it may seem, is a science of matter, the science, namely, of a portion of matter having the property of preadaptation (p. 181). Book III. ..."

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