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perigenesis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
peri-ge-n-e-sis
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A theory put forward by Ernst Haeckel which explains inheritance (of characteristics) by the transmission of the type of so-called "growth force", possessed by one generation to another.

Uncountable

Etymology

From peri- + genesis. Named by Ernst Haeckel's 1876 text Die Perigenesis der Plastidule, translated into English as "The Generation of Waves in the Small Vital Particles")

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Derived Forms

perigenetic

Questions

What does perigenesis mean?
A theory put forward by Ernst Haeckel which explains inheritance (of characteristics) by the transmission of the type of so-called "growth force", possessed by one generation to another.
Where does perigenesis come from?
From peri- + genesis. Named by Ernst Haeckel's 1876 text Die Perigenesis der Plastidule, translated into English as "The Generation of Waves in the Small Vital Particles")

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