English

Proper noun

Darwin

1. A surname​.
2. Charles Darwin (1809–1882), British naturalist and founder of the theory of evolution by natural selection.
3. a city in Australia, the capital of the Northern Territory

Derived terms

See also

• Darwin (surname) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Charles Darwin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Darwin, Australia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Translations

References

• Hanks, Patrick (2003), “Darwin”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press

Anagrams

• inward

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɒrvin]
• Hyphenation: Dar‧win

Proper noun

Darwin

1. Darwin

Declension

Derived terms

• darwini
• Darwin-pinty

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowing from English Darwin.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdaʁ.vĩ/

Proper noun

Darwin f

1. Darwin (a city, the regional capital of Northern Territory, Australia)

Proper noun

Darwin m

1. Darwin (Charles Darwin, English naturalist)

Derived terms

• darwiniano
• darwinismo
• darwinista

English

Noun

darwin ‎(plural darwins)

1. A unit of evolutionary change in evolutionary biology.
   • 1999, J. William Schopf, Evolution!: Facts and Fallacies (page 50)

     One darwin (d) equals the rate of evolution that would produce a change in size by a factor of approximately 2.7 in one million years.

   • 2003, Donald Mitchell, The 2,000 Percent Solution (page 243)

     The rate of evolutionary change in a species' wing or leg or beak (remember Darwin's finches mentioned in Chapter 1?) is assessed in degree-of-physical-change units called darwins.

   • 2010, Sahotra Sarkar, Anya Plutynski, A Companion to the Philosophy of Biology (page 177)

     For instance, gradual change is relatively common in vertebrates (about .08 darwins), though some rapidly evolving vertebrates lineages show rates as high as 10 darwins, over short periods.

Derived terms

• d (abbreviation)

Related terms

• Darwin

See also

• Darwin (unit) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia