单词 | continuous variation |
释义 | continuous variationnoun Biology.variation in phenotypic traits such as body weight or height in which a series of types are distributed on a continuum rather than grouped into discrete categories. Compare discontinuous variation. Origin of continuous variationFirst recorded in 1890–95 Words nearby continuous variationcontinuous positive pressure ventilation, continuous processing, continuous spectrum, continuous stationery, continuous suture, continuous variation, continuous wave, continuous waves, continuous welded rail, continuum, continuum hypothesis Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Scientific definitions for continuous variationcontinuous variation Variation within a population in which a graded series of intermediate phenotypes falls between the extremes. Height in human beings, for example, exists in continuous variation. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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