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burstwise

burstwise adjective: taking place in bursts.

Adjective

burstwise (not comparable)

  1. Taking place in bursts.
    • Ideas cause ideas and help evolve new ideas. […] And they also interact with the external surroundings to produce in toto a burstwise advance in evolution that is far beyond anything to hit the evolutionary scene yet, including the emergence of the living cell.1966, Roger Sperry, Mind, Brain and Humanist Values

Origin of burstwise

From burst + -wise.

Questions about burstwise

What does burstwise mean?
Burstwise means taking place in bursts.
What part of speech is burstwise?
Burstwise is an adjective.

Words near burstwise in the dictionary

  1. bursts out
  2. bursts out laughing
  3. bursts someone's bubble
  4. bursts up
  5. Burstwick
  6. burstwise
  7. burstwort
  8. burstworts
  9. bursty
  10. bursæ
  11. Burt

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