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Meanings of abiogenesis in English
Natural process by which life arises from non-living matter, such as simple organic compounds.
Related terms
Portuguese
abiogénese Catalan
abiogènesi A hypothetical organic phenomenon by which living organisms are created from nonliving matter.
Synonyms
Examples for "autogenesis"
Examples for "autogenesis"
1
Again spontaneous generation was appealed to in order to explain their presence.
2
There are many evidences that just this spontaneous generation is taking place.
3
He contends that he has proved the possibility of spontaneous generation of life.
4
He believed in spontaneous generation, which scientific investigation has utterly disproved.
5
And these living spirits arise through a kind of spontaneous generation.
Usage of abiogenesis in English
1
So far the theory of abiogenesis may be taken as disproved.
2
The result is that the evidence in favor of abiogenesis has utterly broken down, in every case which has been properly tested.
3
One important demonstration was his controversion of the theory of abiogenesis, or "spontaneous generation," as propounded by Needham and Buffon.
4
It is just fifty years since Schwann and others proved that, even with respect to them, the supposed evidence of abiogenesis was untrustworthy.
5
Professor Huxley goes on to say that however this may be, abiogenesis (or spontaneous generation) is not respectable and will not do at all now.
6
His Presidential Address on "Biogenesis and Abiogenesis" is reprinted in his collected Essays, VIII., page 229.
Translations for abiogenesis
Russian
Catalan
Abiogenesis through the time