Organism
['ɔːg(ə)nɪz(ə)m] or ['ɔrɡənɪzəm]
Definition
(noun.) a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently.
(noun.) a system considered analogous in structure or function to a living body; 'the social organism'.
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Definition
(n.) Organic structure; organization.
(n.) An organized being; a living body, either vegetable or animal, compozed of different organs or parts with functions which are separate, but mutually dependent, and essential to the life of the individual.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Organic structure.[2]. Organization, organized being, organized existence.
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Examples
- No organism wholly soft can be preserved. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- He did not believe in spontaneous alterations, but found that every marked change in the quality of beer coincides with the development of micro-organism s. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- We see that the source of carbon dioxide is practically inexhaustible, coming as it does from every stove, furnace, and candle, and further with every breath of a living organism. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- It likewise tends to increase the direct action of the physical conditions of life, in relation to the constitution of each organism. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- But the withdrawal alters the stimuli operating, and tends to make them more consonant with the needs of the organism. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Probably, because the ape's would be far simpler than those of the higher organism. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- And her dark eyes seemed to be looking through into his naked organism. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The earth is more than a mechanism, it is an organism that repairs and restores itself in perpetuity. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- No case is on record of a variable organism ceasing to vary under cultivation. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- They thought of all knowledge as a living organism with an interconnection or continuity of parts, an d a capability of growth. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- In all cases there are two factors, the nature of the organism, which is much the most important of the two, and the nature of the conditions. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- That it was protein, a substance which forms the foundation of every animal organism. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Shortly after the discovery of yeast in the nineteenth century, man commenced his attempt to cultivate the tiny organisms. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- With the simple microscope Leeuwenhoek before 1673 had studied the structure of minute animal organisms and ten years later had even obtained sight of bacteria. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- They are known as micro-organisms, of which the bacteria are the most important. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Nothing in the atmosphere causes life except the micro-organisms it contains. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- With all, as far as is at present known, the germinal vesicle is the same; so that all organisms start from a common origin. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- How can there be any secrets, we are all the same organisms? D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He opposed those physicians who believed in the spontaneity of disease, and he wished to wage a war of extermination against all injurious organisms. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Thus, we can account for the fact that all organisms, recent and extinct, are included under a few great orders and under still fewer classes. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- He may ask where are the remains of those infinitely numerous organisms which must have existed long before the Cambrian system was deposited? Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- He also gave great attention to the subject of fermentation, proving it to be caused by micro-organisms. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- In case the necks were broken (to be again sealed immediately), the air would rush in, and (if it held the requisite micro-organisms) furnish the conditi ons for putrefaction. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- This likewise necessarily occurs with closely allied organisms, which inhabit distinct continents or islands. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Continuity of life means continual readaptation of the environment to the needs of living organisms. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
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