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olympic village effect

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.24 in modern English

Syllables
olympic vil-lage -ef-fect
IPA
41
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
4
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A selection effect driving evolution of an invasive species at the invasion front, that selects the fastest and furthest invaders to interbreed creating stronger and faster invaders, due to the invasion front preselecting the fastest invaders, concentrating these individuals and therefore selecting those traits that let them invade faster.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Olympic village + effect. From the breeding population selection effect resulting in a group of superior performant individuals like found at an Olympic village (the sportspeople housing for the Olympics).

Usage

Questions

What does olympic village effect mean?
A selection effect driving evolution of an invasive species at the invasion front, that selects the fastest and furthest invaders to interbreed creating stronger and faster invaders, due to the invasion front preselecting the fastest invaders, concentrating these individuals and therefore selecting those traits that let them invade faster.
Where does olympic village effect come from?
From Olympic village + effect. From the breeding population selection effect resulting in a group of superior performant individuals like found at an Olympic village (the sportspeople housing for the Olympics).

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