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Dictionary » S » Spontaneous Spontaneousspontaneous 1. Proceding from natural feeling, temperament, or disposition, or from a native internal proneness, readiness, or tendency, without constraint; as, a spontaneous gift or proportion. 2. Proceeding from, or acting by, internal impulse, energy, or natural law, without external force; as, spontaneous motion; spontaneous growth. 3. Produced without being planted, or without human labour; as, a spontaneous growth of wood. Spontaneous combustion, combustion produced in a substance by the evolution of heat through the chemical action of its own elements; as, the spontaneous combustion of waste matter saturated with oil. Spontaneous generation. (Science: biology) See generation. Synonym: voluntary, uncompelled, willing. Spontaneous, voluntary. What is voluntary is the result of a volition, or act of choice; it therefore implies some degree of consideration, and may be the result of mere reason without excited feeling. What is spontaneous springs wholly from feeling, or a sudden impulse which admits of no reflection; as, a spontaneous burst of applause. Hence, the term is also applied to things inanimate when they are produced without the determinate purpose or care of man. Abstinence which is but voluntary [[fa 576 sting]], and . . . Exercise which is but voluntary labour. Spontaneous joys, where nature has its play, The soul adopts, and owns their firstborn away. (goldsmith) Spontaneously, Spontaneousness. Origin: L. Spontaneus, fr. Sponte of free will, voluntarily. ![]()
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Results from our forumSound and how the brain reacts to it... I can hear and c) he's doing it for ME. SO nice. This is the only situation in which I can "plan" it, otherwise it always needs to be spontaneous. But even when in my office, it'll last only 10 seconds or so, then something distracts me, but it can come back if all gets quiet again. ...
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Gene regulation... with a cbbA:lacZ transcriptional fusion (the strain therefore lacks a functional cbbA gene). While -galactosidase activity in this strain is low, spontaneous mutants appear with high activity. In these mutants, he replaces the fusion plasmid with a similar one carrying cbbA+ (using an incompatible ...
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Re: The general theory of origin of lifeNow mankind has three main hypotheses for the origin of life: 1. Biogenesis. Extraterrestrial origin (panspermia) 2. Abiogenesis or spontaneous origin on Earth (self-replicating macromolecules under the influence of natural selection). 3. Special creation: religious explanations argue that ...
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Re:... and translation, DNA repair enzymes came from non living matter, through natural processes? If anyone does i admire their religious faith. Spontaneous generation i mean abiogenesis is scientifically impossible. Actually, if you want my personal (unprovable) unjustified by anything belief, ...
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Are evolution and creationism mutually exclusive???... and translation, DNA repair enzymes came from non living matter, through natural processes? If anyone does i admire their religious faith. Spontaneous generation i mean abiogenesis is scientifically impossible.
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