spontaneous generation

English

Noun

spontaneous generation (countable and uncountable, plural spontaneous generations)

(evolutionary theory, historical) The fancied production of live organisms without previously existing parents from inorganic matter, or from decomposing organic matter, a notion which at one time had many supporters.

Translations

Translations

Catalan: generació espontània f
Finnish: spontaani sikiäminen
French: génération spontanée (fr) f
Galician: xeración espontánea (gl) f
Polish: abiogeneza (pl) f, samorództwo n, archigonia f
Romanian: generare spontană f
Spanish: generación espontánea f
Tagalog: kusang pagkalikha, singaw-buhay

See also

abiogenesis

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