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English term or phrase:
perpetuation or perpetuance
English answer:
perpetuation
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Veronica Costea
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Could anybody please explain the difference, if any, between 'the perpetuation of the species' and 'the perpetuance of the species' and maybe indicate which is the term actually used by Darwin.
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Jack Doughty
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perpetuation
In the title of Darwin's work, it is Perpetuation.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Two scientific papers; On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties by Alfred Russel Wallace and on the Perpetuation of Varieties and Species by Natural Means of Selection by Charles Darwin were presented to the Linnean Society of London in 1858 that first publicised Darwin — Wallace theory of evolution by natural selection. Darwin's On the Origin of Species would follow a year later.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Tendency_of_Species_to_f...
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Some definitions:
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Perpetuance \Per*pet"u*ance\, n.
Perpetuity. [Obs.]
http://dict.die.net/perpetuance/
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Perpetuation \Per*pet`u*a"tion\, n. [Cf. F. perp['e]tuation.]
The act of making perpetual, or of preserving from extinction
through an endless existence, or for an indefinite period of
time; continuance. --Sir T. Browne.
http://dict.die.net/perpetuation/
perpetuity
n : the property of being perpetual (seemingly ceaseless)
http://dict.die.net/perpetuity/
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Two scientific papers; On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties by Alfred Russel Wallace and on the Perpetuation of Varieties and Species by Natural Means of Selection by Charles Darwin were presented to the Linnean Society of London in 1858 that first publicised Darwin — Wallace theory of evolution by natural selection. Darwin's On the Origin of Species would follow a year later.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Tendency_of_Species_to_f...
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Note added at 27 mins (2005-09-04 12:18:45 GMT)
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Some definitions:
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Perpetuance \Per*pet"u*ance\, n.
Perpetuity. [Obs.]
http://dict.die.net/perpetuance/
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Perpetuation \Per*pet`u*a"tion\, n. [Cf. F. perp['e]tuation.]
The act of making perpetual, or of preserving from extinction
through an endless existence, or for an indefinite period of
time; continuance. --Sir T. Browne.
http://dict.die.net/perpetuation/
perpetuity
n : the property of being perpetual (seemingly ceaseless)
http://dict.die.net/perpetuity/
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María Roberto (X)
: On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties; and on the Perpetuation of Varieties and Species by Natural Means of Selection. By Charles Darwin, Esq., F.R.S., F.L.S.., & F.G.S., and Alfred Wallace, Esq. Communicated by Sir Charles Lyell, F.R.S., F.L.S.
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Refugio
: the act of perpetuating as opposed to the effect of being perpetuated
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Elena Petelos
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Comment: "Thank you! "
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definitions below
perpetuation is the act of making perpetual or of preserving from extinction for an indefinite period of time
perpetuance is the quality or state of being perpetual or endless, mostly referring to time
I therefore think that Darwin would have referred to the perpetuation of the species.
perpetuance is the quality or state of being perpetual or endless, mostly referring to time
I therefore think that Darwin would have referred to the perpetuation of the species.
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