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Dictionary » E » Expectation ExpectationExpectation 1. The act or state of expecting or looking forward to an event as about to happen. In expectation of a guest. My soul, wait thou only upon god, for my expectation is from him. (Ps. Lxii. 5) 2. That which is expected or looked for. Why our great expectation should be called The seed of woman. (Milton) 3. The prospect of the future; grounds upon which something excellent is expected to happen; prospect of anything good to come, especially. Of c or rank. His magnificent expiations made him, in the opinion of the world, the best much in Europe. (Prescott) By all men's eyes a youth of expectations. (Otway) 4. The value of any chance (as the prospect of prize or property) which depends upon some contingent event. Expectations are computed for or against the occurrence of the event. 5. (Science: medicine) The leaving of the disease principally to the efforts of nature to effect a cure. Expectation of life, the mean or average duration of the life individuals after any specified age. Synonym: anticipation, confidence, trust.
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Results from our forumReasons for Skepticism on the Endosymbiosis?... sheer lack of a mechanistic basis for mitochondrial endosymbiotic assimilation ought to -- at the very least -- give us reason for caution and the expectation of some fairly spectacular evidence for the claim being made. At present, however, such evidence does not exist -- and justifiably gives ...
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Re:... see, I KNOW the subject. You do NOT know the subject. Understand the difference? The pity is that you insist on sharing your ignorance with the expectation of praise. Indeed.
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Re: Experimental evidence for evolution... you? What you have been reading is someone elses version of it. Either that or your making your own interpretation up. I hope it's the former. The expectation was that if the E. coli did evolve into a form that could digest citrate, that new variety would flourish in the citrate-rich environment ...
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Re: Experimental evidence for evolution... like some other bacteria can. They did this by giving the bacteria just enough glucose to keep them alive, and an abundance of citrate. The expectation was that if the E. coli did evolve into a form that could digest citrate, that new variety would flourish in the citrate-rich environment ...
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Re: Experimental evidence for evolution... like some other bacteria can. They did this by giving the bacteria just enough glucose to keep them alive, and an abundance of citrate. The expectation was that if the E. coli did evolve into a form that could digest citrate, that new variety would flourish in the citrate-rich environment ...
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