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单词 evolving
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evolvingn.

Brit. /ᵻˈvɒlvɪŋ/, U.S. /əˈvɔlvɪŋ/, /iˈvɔlvɪŋ/, /əˈvɑlvɪŋ/, /iˈvɑlvɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: evolve v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < evolve v. + -ing suffix1. Compare earlier evolution n.
The action of evolve v. (in various senses); an instance of this.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > evolving or developing
evolving1890
1788 B. Martin Philosophia Britannia (ed. 4) I. 119 Let the String, in evolving, be in any Situation AIHB, then is IB (called the Radius of Evolution) equal to the Part of the Cycloid ID.
1833 Hort. Reg. 1 Oct. 478 The successive formation of the layers of wood is produced by the evolving of buds.
1863 L. Agassiz Methods Study in Nat. Hist. xiii. 201 The gradual evolving of general principles out of a chaotic mass.
1890 Athenæum 8 Feb. 184/2 He by himself planned everything, and gods, men, and things came into existence from his evolvings.
1923 Amer. Math. Monthly 30 217 Our present method of extracting arithmetical roots by the orderly evolving of the digits of the root (evolution).
1967 Jrnl. Marriage & Family 29 385/1 The evolving of a dating relationship from the first stages of mutual attraction to a complex physical and emotional involvement.
1994 Observatory 114 68 The faintest stars, which will never do very much evolving.
2001 S. T. Asma Stuffed Animals & Pickled Heads iv. 143 A heart's evolving of a new chamber..would be..detrimental to the animal.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

evolvingadj.

Brit. /ᵻˈvɒlvɪŋ/, U.S. /əˈvɔlvɪŋ/, /iˈvɔlvɪŋ/, /əˈvɑlvɪŋ/, /iˈvɑlvɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: evolve v., -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < evolve v. + -ing suffix2.
That evolves (in various senses).
1. Opening; unwinding, uncoiling. Obsolete.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > [adjective] > opening or unclosing
disclosing1628
opening1645
unclosing1661
evolving1700
1700 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 22 445 Let AMC be the Evolving Curv in any middle position between its first and last.
1773 J. Ross Fratricide (MS) v. 800 Thou shalt quit Thy earthy prison, and evolving Heaven Shall snatch thee.
1816 tr. Ausonius in M. Betham Lay of Marie 238 Successive shapes evolving buds exprest.
1856 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 9 128 The evolving tip of the wire penetrates farther and farther into the wound.
1872 S. Ferguson Congal iv. 100 In far evolving throng The enlarging legions spread.
2. Of a gas or vapour: issuing forth, emitted, esp. as the result of a chemical reaction.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > [adjective] > going or coming out
outgoingOE
issuing1594
issuant1634
egredient1635
egressive1651
evolvingc1720
outrunning1853
outflow1898
c1720 M. Prior Solomon iii, in Poems (1723) I. 187 Ambrosial Odor..Does round the Air evolving Scents diffuse.
1830 A. H. Lincoln tr. Dict. Chem 56 The apparatus is terminated by a tube for the escape of the evolving gas.
1856 W. Fairbairn Useful Information for Engineers iii. 68 When air of this temperature is poured upon the incandescent fuel, it will rob the evolving gases of a portion of the heat essential to combination.
1922 Amer. Midland Naturalist 8 149 A test of the evolving gas found it to be oxygen.
1974 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 71 2329/2 Iron in solution would readily react with the evolving gas to form iron-sulfide.
2002 J. Swarbrick & J. C. Boylan Encycl. Pharmaceut. Technol. (ed. 2) III. 2869/1 At these pressures, collision of molecules in the evolving vapor and reflection back to the liquid surface is greatly decreased.
3. That is in process of evolution; developing, changing.
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the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > furtherance > [adjective] > furthered or developed > through or by evolution > in the process of
evolving1788
1788 H. Downman Infancy (ed. 4) iv. 82 Th' evolving principle Within..could not urge The destined fibres onward, or enlarge By due accretion e'en the vital cells Requiring speediest growth.
?1831 J. McHenry Meredith ii. 32 Drawing comfort from her evolving intellect, her innocent cheerfulness, and her filial attention.
1867 H. Spencer First Princ. (ed. 2) ii. xix. §149. 401 The genesis of the re-arrangement undergone by every evolving aggregate, is in itself one.
1883 H. Drummond Nat. Law in Spiritual World (ed. 8) 244 The evolving batrachian.
1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 21 Sept. 3/1 This evolving town council was a purely native growth.
1914 Philos. Rev. 23 577 His belief in a transcendent deity, prior and external to the evolving world.
1962 D. J. Merrell Evol. & Genetics v. 55 If the rate of expansion is slowing down, then we must live in an evolving rather than a steady-state universe.
1968 Brit. Jrnl. Psychiatry 114 919/1 As for psychiatry being an ‘evolving science in its own right’—sciences nowadays do not evolve in their own right. They are inextricably woven.
1995 Evolution 49 189 The mean fitnesses of the evolving populations relative to their common ancestor improved greatly.
2002 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 5 May viii. 11/1 In a rapidly evolving market where nobody's share is secure, carmakers still hatch plots to entice the young.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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