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punctuated equilibrium
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Noun punctuated equilibrium has 1 sense
- punctuated equilibrium(n = noun.cognition) theory of punctuated equilibrium - a theory of evolution holding that evolutionary change in the fossil record came in fits and starts rather than in a steady process of slow change; Array is a kind of evolutionism, theory of evolution, theory of organic evolution
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