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tachytely

tachytely noun: unusually rapid evolution.

Noun

tachytely (uncountable)

  1. Unusually rapid evolution.
    • Thus tachytely is intimately associated with Simpson's original model of quantum evolution — and quantum evolution is usually, if not solely, implicated in the origin of taxa of relatively high categorical rank […]1989, Niles Eldredge, Macroevolutionary dynamics: species, niches, and adaptive peaks, page 25

Origin of tachytely

From tachy- + -tely.

Words formed from tachytely

Questions about tachytely

What does tachytely mean?
Tachytely means unusually rapid evolution.
What part of speech is tachytely?
Tachytely is a noun.

Words near tachytely in the dictionary

  1. tachystocopic
  2. tachysystole
  3. tachysystoles
  4. tachysystolic
  5. tachytelic
  6. tachytely
  7. tachytrope
  8. tachyzoite
  9. tachyzoites
  10. Taché
  11. tacinvariant

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