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autopoietic

autopoietic adjective: of, pertaining to, or created by autopoiesis.

Adjective

autopoietic (not comparable)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or created by autopoiesis.
    • If living systems are machines, that they are physical autopoietic machines is trivially obvious: they transform matter into themselves in a manner such that the product of their operation is their own organization.1980 [1973], Humberto Maturana, Francisco Varela, “On Machines, Living and Otherwise”, in Autopoiesis and Cognition, D. Reidel, page 82

Origin of autopoietic

From auto- + -poietic.

Questions about autopoietic

What does autopoietic mean?
Autopoietic means of, pertaining to, or created by autopoiesis.
What part of speech is autopoietic?
Autopoietic is an adjective.

Words near autopoietic in the dictionary

  1. autopodia
  2. autopodial
  3. autopodium
  4. autopods
  5. autopoiesis
  6. autopoietic
  7. Autopoint
  8. Autopoints
  9. autopoisoning
  10. autopoisonings
  11. autopoisonous

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