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Ääntäminen

  • UK:
    • IPA: /pɹiːfɔːˈmeɪʃ(ə)n/
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italiapreformazione

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Substantiivi

  1. Prior formation.
  2. (biology, historical) The theory that organisms are fully developed in the form of an egg or seed, and just increase in size (as opposed to epigenesis).

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  • Preformation, as even Aristotle spotted, merely postpones the problem, for how did the homunculus get its shape?

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(biology, historical) The theory that organisms are fully developed in the form of an egg or seed, and just increase in size (as opposed to epigenesis).

A homunculus inside a sperm cell, as drawn by Nicolaas Hartsoeker in 1695