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An old theory of generation similar to emboOvulist.

The theory of generation which holds that the germ is created entirely new, not merely expanded, by the procreative power of the parents. It is opposed to the theory of evolution, also to syngenesis.

One who believes in, or advocates the theory of, epigenesis.

Of or pertaining to the epigenesis; produced according to the theory of epigenesis.

The theory or science of the method or grounds of knowledge.

fferences of judgment or method occasioned by temperamental qualities of individuals. -- Theory of equations (Math.), the branch of algebra that treats of the properties of a single algebraic equation of any degree containing one unknown quantity.

The theory, held by Euhemerus, that the gods of mythology were but deified mortals, and their deeds only the amplification in imagination of human acts.

To interpret (mythology) on the theory of euhemerism.

That theory of generation which supposes the germ to preëxist in the parent, and its parts to be developed, but not actually formed, by the procreative act; -- opposed to epigenesis.

The theory of, or belief in, evolution. See Evolution, 6 and 7.

a mineral; to examine a ship to know whether she is seaworthy; to examine a proposition, theory, or question. Examine well your own thoughts. Chaucer. Examine their counsels and their cares. Shak.

ld of Greek mythology . . . the favorite sporting ground of the exclusivists of the solar theory. Gladstone.

cogitate strange arts." Stirling. This evidence . . . thus excogitated out of the general theory. Whewell.

dge; -- opposed to intuitionists. Experientialism is in short, a philosophical or logical theory, not a philosophical one. G. C. Robertson.

cts or reason; abounding in ideal qualities or figures; as, a fanciful scheme; a fanciful theory.

fraud contrived and executed to benefit the church or accomplish some good end, upon the theory that the end justified the means. -- Statute of frauds (Law), an English statute (1676), the principle of which is incorporated in the legislation of all the States of this country, by which writing with specific solemniti…

tructural stage, or gastrula form, must have descended. This idea constitutes the Gastræa theory of Haeckel. See Gastrula.

fowl cholera, which have been demonstrated to be the cause of certain diseases. See Germ theory (bellow). -- Germ cell (Biol.), the germ, egg, spore, or cell from which the plant or animal arises. At one time a part of the body of the parent, it finally becomes detached,and by a process of multiplication and growth g…

d ice covered large portions of the northern hemisphere to the mountain tops. -- Glacial theory or hypothesis. (Geol.) See Glacier theory, under Glacier.

That branch of military science which comprehends the theory of projectiles, and the manner of constructing and using ordnance.