morphogenetic fieldn.

Brit.

/ˌmɔːfə(ʊ)dʒᵻˌnɛtɪk ˈfiːld/, U.S.

/ˈˌmɔrfədʒəˌnɛdɪk ˈfild/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: morphogenetic adj., field n.¹

Etymology: < morphogenetic adj. + field n.¹, after German morphogene Feld (A. Anikin 1929, in Arch. f. Entwicklungsmechanik der Organismen 114 549, but perhaps earlier).

1. Embryology. Originally: an organizing mechanism, esp. a kind of graded field of force, operating in a developing embryo. Later also: a region of an embryo that will form a specific anatomical structure.

ΚΠ

1929 H. Driesch Sci. & Philos. Organism (ed. 2) 275 It seems to me that this view resembles..the theory of the morphe or the morphogenetic field.

1932 J. S. Huxley Probl. Relative Growth iv. 117 Each such region would be characterized both by the possession of its own growth-gradient and its own morphogenetic field.

1965 Proc. Royal Soc. 248 395 The complex morphogenetic field which is required to produce this heterodonty may be very poorly developed in its initial stages.

1989 B. Alberts et al. Molecular Biol. Cell (ed. 2) xvi. 914 The mechanisms for supplying positional information in an animal embryo generally act over only small regions, or morphogenetic fields, on the order of a millimeter long..or less.

1990 Sci. Amer. July 27/3 It was therefore proposed that each morphogenetic field contained a ‘gradient-field’ of information for specifying an organ.

2001 Jrnl. Compar. Neurol. 436 92 The prosencephalic PZs [= proliferation zones] correlate well with parts of embryonic migration areas.., morphogenetic fields from which postmitotic neurones migrate to their final destination.

2. A hypothetical energy field generated by any entity (living or inanimate, including patterns of events, behaviour, or experience), which facilitates the genesis of similar entities, and shapes their pattern of development (cf. morphic resonance n. at morphic adj. Compounds).

ΚΠ

1981 R. Sheldrake New Sci. Life 13 It proposes that specific morphogenetic fields are responsible for the characteristic form and organization of systems at all levels of complexity, not only in the realm of biology, but also in the realms of chemistry and physics.

1990 L. Picknett Encycl. Paranormal 236/2 Dr. Rupert Sheldrake..proposed the idea of formative causation, with its central notion of a morphogenetic (that is, invisible) field that acts as a group mind within a species, shaping its evolution and learning abilities.

1994 D. Rushkoff Cyberia ii. v. 59 The information leak was not due to bad experimental procedure, but to the morphogenetic field, which stored the experience of the earlier mice from which all subsequent mice could benefit.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	morphogenetic field
释义	morphogenetic fieldn. Brit. /ˌmɔːfə(ʊ)dʒᵻˌnɛtɪk ˈfiːld/, U.S. /ˈˌmɔrfədʒəˌnɛdɪk ˈfild/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: morphogenetic adj., field n.¹ Etymology: < morphogenetic adj. + field n.¹, after German morphogene Feld (A. Anikin 1929, in Arch. f. Entwicklungsmechanik der Organismen 114 549, but perhaps earlier). 1. Embryology. Originally: an organizing mechanism, esp. a kind of graded field of force, operating in a developing embryo. Later also: a region of an embryo that will form a specific anatomical structure. ΚΠ 1929 H. Driesch Sci. & Philos. Organism (ed. 2) 275 It seems to me that this view resembles..the theory of the morphe or the morphogenetic field. 1932 J. S. Huxley Probl. Relative Growth iv. 117 Each such region would be characterized both by the possession of its own growth-gradient and its own morphogenetic field. 1965 Proc. Royal Soc. 248 395 The complex morphogenetic field which is required to produce this heterodonty may be very poorly developed in its initial stages. 1989 B. Alberts et al. Molecular Biol. Cell (ed. 2) xvi. 914 The mechanisms for supplying positional information in an animal embryo generally act over only small regions, or morphogenetic fields, on the order of a millimeter long..or less. 1990 Sci. Amer. July 27/3 It was therefore proposed that each morphogenetic field contained a ‘gradient-field’ of information for specifying an organ. 2001 Jrnl. Compar. Neurol. 436 92 The prosencephalic PZs [= proliferation zones] correlate well with parts of embryonic migration areas.., morphogenetic fields from which postmitotic neurones migrate to their final destination. 2. A hypothetical energy field generated by any entity (living or inanimate, including patterns of events, behaviour, or experience), which facilitates the genesis of similar entities, and shapes their pattern of development (cf. morphic resonance n. at morphic adj. Compounds). ΚΠ 1981 R. Sheldrake New Sci. Life 13 It proposes that specific morphogenetic fields are responsible for the characteristic form and organization of systems at all levels of complexity, not only in the realm of biology, but also in the realms of chemistry and physics. 1990 L. Picknett Encycl. Paranormal 236/2 Dr. Rupert Sheldrake..proposed the idea of formative causation, with its central notion of a morphogenetic (that is, invisible) field that acts as a group mind within a species, shaping its evolution and learning abilities. 1994 D. Rushkoff Cyberia ii. v. 59 The information leak was not due to bad experimental procedure, but to the morphogenetic field, which stored the experience of the earlier mice from which all subsequent mice could benefit. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1929
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