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1. A book containing the words of a language, arranged alphabetically, with explanations of their meanings; a lexicon; a vocabulary; a wordbook. I applied myself to the perusal of our writers; and noting whatever might be of use to ascertain or illustrate any word or phrase, accumulated in time the materials of a dictionary. (Johnson)

2. Hence, a book containing the words belonging to any system or province of knowledge, arranged alphabetically; as, a dictionary of medicine or of botany; a biographical dictionary.

Origin: cf. F. Dictionnaire. See diction.


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Natural selection is proven wrong

No. The difference betweeen Artifical and Natural is real. Look them up in a dictionary. the fact is that the off spring from the bactrian and dromardy camels is real -they did mate in a natural setting the bactrian and dromardry camels can breed which means they ...

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by gamila
Fri Aug 28, 2009 2:37 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Natural selection is proven wrong
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... my question now? your qualification of artifical is just sophism . No. The difference betweeen Artifical and Natural is real. Look them up in a dictionary. One last time: Populations Evolve Not Individuals! perhaps you might like to reply to this thread the colin leslie dean species paradox ...

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by robsabba
Fri Aug 28, 2009 2:22 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Natural selection is proven wrong
Replies: 177
Views: 16296

Natural selection is proven wrong

... inherited and it is they that dictate what traits an organism with manifest. and as was pointed out from this site http://www.biology-online.org/dictionary/Natural_selection note it talks about heritable traits It is the process by which heritable traits that increase an organism’s chances of ...

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by gamila
Wed Aug 26, 2009 3:18 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Natural selection is proven wrong
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Views: 16296

Natural selection is proven wrong

... contradiction You keep referring to traits.. it is genetic material that is passed on (ie genes, promoters, etc) NOT traits. wrong as this forum dictionary shows http://www.biology-online.org/dictionary/Natural_selection It is the process by which heritable traits that increase an organism’s ...

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by gamila
Wed Aug 26, 2009 5:40 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Natural selection is proven wrong
Replies: 177
Views: 16296

Natural selection wrong due to transmission of harmful genes

... of reproduction(some definitions say survival but that is not correct). this definition is from this very site http://www.biology-online.org/dictionary/Natural_selection it is the process by which heritable traits that increase an organism’s chances of survival and reproduction are favoured ...

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by gamila
Sun Jun 14, 2009 10:14 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Natural selection wrong due to transmission of harmful genes
Replies: 34
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