spontaneous generation in English

noun

1

the supposed production of living organisms from nonliving matter, as inferred from the apparent appearance of life in some supposedly sterile environments.

The intense arguments for and against the concept of spontaneous generation spurred on the developments in the field.

noun

autogenesis, abiogenesis

Use "spontaneous generation" in a sentence

1. Abiogenesis, sometimes called spontaneous generation, means life coming from non-living things.

2. In one word, let us examine the question of spontaneous generation, or Archigony

3. In one word, let us examine the question of spontaneous generation, or Archigony

4. Biogenesist - did not believe in the spontaneous generation theory first to disprove spontaneous generation theory when decaying meat was kept isolated from flies, maggots never developed whereas meat that was exposed to flies, was soon infested

5. The book Introduction to Geology states: “No case of spontaneous generation has ever actually been observed.”

6. Abiogenesis? Fantastic claims highlight the scientific absurdity of this recycled philosophy of ‘spontaneous generation’ by Renton Maclachlan

7. This was the theory of present-day spontaneous generation (Abiogenesis)—a false view that has died hard.’ ‘The catchphrase of the day was ‘Abiogenesis’ or ‘spontaneous generation’, to describe the belief that living organisms could develop from non-living matter.’

8. The infusion remained clear, but Abiogenesists claimed that the presence of [Blank] was needed for spontaneous generation to occur.

9. Common crawl Here he Confuted the theory of spontaneous generation, illustrating the reproduction cycle of various insects and showing how they developed from

10. Biogenesis: [ bi″o-jen´ĕ-sis ] the theory, opposed to spontaneous generation, that living matter always arises by the agency of preexisting living matter.

11. Since the time of experiments by Louis Pasteur, it has been accepted that life does not spring into existence out of nothing by spontaneous generation.

12. The theory lacks the spontaneous generation of life it needs, the good mutations it needs, the fossil record it needs, and all the additional evidence it so desperately needs.

13. It does, indeed, mutilate the great tree, cutting off its roots and its highest branch; it rejects spontaneous generation or Archigony at the bottom, and the descent of man from animal ancestors above

14. Biogenesis A term of waning popularity that specifies what is now regarded as an inherent scientific truism—i.e., that all life arises from pre-existing life; this in contradistinction to spontaneous generation of life (life arising from non-pre-existing life)

15. Abiogenesist - believed in the spontaneous generation theory experiment with boiled beef gravy tightly sealed with corks in vials must be a "life-force" that causes inanimate matter to spontaneously come to life because he had heated the vials sufficiently to kill everything

16. In the question of spontaneous generation, or Archigony, which we can now answer more definitely, it must be borne in mind that by this conception we understand generally the non-parental generation of an organic individual, the 339 origin of an organism independent of a parental or producing organism

17. In reality, there are two distinct conceptions united in this fundamental idea, but which have, nevertheless, a deep intrinsic connection—namely, first, the idea of spontaneous generation (or Archigony) of the original primary beings; and secondly, the idea of the progressive development of the various species of organisms from those most