What is the supposed act or tendency in being of every kind, whether organic or inorganic, to assume or produce a more complex structure or functions called?
differentiation — (Metaph.) The supposed act or tendency in being of every kind, whether organic or inorganic, to assume or produce a more complex structure or functions. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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