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  1. the evolution of modern art

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evolution

  1. noun, biology a gradual change in the characteristics of a population of animals or plants over successive generations: accounts for the origin of existing species from ancestors unlike them. See also natural selection
  2. noun, a gradual development, esp to a more complex form
  3. noun, the act of throwing off, as heat, gas, vapour, etc
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