Definition of Emboitement. Meaning of Emboitement. Synonyms of Emboitement

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Definition of Emboitement

Emboitement
Emboitement Em`bo[^i]te"ment`, n. [F., fr. embo[^i]ter to fit in, insert; en in + bo[^i]te box.] (Biol.) The hypothesis that all living things proceed from pre["e]xisting germs, and that these encase the germs of all future living things, inclosed one within another. --Buffon.

Meaning of Emboitement from wikipedia

- the 'theory of preformation', sometimes as that of 'enca****t' or 'emboîtement'. Callebaut, Marc, 2008: Historical evolution of preformistic versus...
- the 'theory of preformation', sometimes as that of 'enca****t' or 'emboîtement'." Waddington CH (2014). The Epigenetics of Birds. Cambridge University...
- the whole." He wrote of the temporal nature of molecules, and rejected emboîtement, the view that organisms are pre-formed in an infinite regression of...
- from Cryptogams to Dicotyledons are constituted by an ****ociation, the emboîtement [embodiment] of two different beings. Each living cell contains in its...
- Gleizes was interested in 'equivalences, echoes, interpenetrations [emboîtements], rhythmic correspondences with the surrounding elements—terrain, trees...