单词 | pre-organic |
释义 | > as lemmaspre-organic pre-organic adj. Brit. /ˌpriːɔːˈɡanɪk/ , U.S. /ˌpriˌɔrˈɡænɪk/ existing or occurring prior to the existence of organic life.ΚΠ 1864 J. W. Draper Hist. Intellect. Devel. Europe (ed. 2) 558 To Steno, a Dane, is due the recognition of preorganic in contradistinction to organic rocks, a distinction the terms of which necessarily involve the idea of time. 1895 Biblical World 6 374 Chapman in his ‘Pre-organic Evolution’ holds that the general equilibrium of the primitive world-all needed action ab extra to initiate motion. 1937 R. A. Wilson Birth of Lang. 73 That the earth had a long pre-organic history..seems now to be reasonably certain. 1998 S. C. Morris Crucible of Creation ii. 34 Their subsequent organization into replicating and membrane-bound systems may be..by no means an automatic consequence of surface conditions that are conducive to pre-organic synthesis. < as lemmas |
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