"speciation" meaning in English

See speciation in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˌspi.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, /ˌspi.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-speciation.wav [US] Forms: speciations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: speciate + -tion Etymology templates: {{suf|en|speciate|tion}} speciate + -tion Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} speciation (usually uncountable, plural speciations)
  1. (taxonomy) The process by which new distinct species evolve. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Taxonomy Translations (biology): տեսակառաջացում (tesakaṙaǰacʻum) (Armenian), 種化 (Chinese Mandarin), 种化 (Chinese Mandarin), 物種形成 (Chinese Mandarin), 物种形成 (Chinese Mandarin), speciace [feminine] (Czech), speciigo (Esperanto), liigiteke (Estonian), lajiutuminen (Finnish), spéciation [feminine] (French), fajképződés (Hungarian), whakamomotanga (Maori), especiação [feminine] (Portuguese), видообразование (vidoobrazovanije) (Russian), speciácia [feminine] (Slovak), nastanek vrste (Slovene), speciacija [feminine] (Slovene), especiación [feminine] (Spanish), evolución de las especies (Spanish), видоутво́рення (vydoutvórennja) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-speciation-en-noun-QvfdU0v9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 37 34 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, taxonomy Disambiguation of 'biology': 87 0 13
  2. (chemistry) The formation of different (inorganic) species (especially of ions) as the environment changes. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Chemistry Translations (chemistry): spesiaatio (Finnish), spéciation chimique [feminine] (French), Speziierung [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-speciation-en-noun-PAOLtJU5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 37 34 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'chemistry': 19 81 0
  3. (medicine, pathology) The determination of which species are present in a fluid or tissue specimen, bacterial culture, or viral culture. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Medicine, Pathology
    Sense id: en-speciation-en-noun-AhzN~GcE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -tion Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 37 34 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -tion: 30 30 40 Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: hybrid speciation, microspeciation, speciational, speciation event, subspeciation Related terms: specialization, allochronic, allopatric, parapatric, peripatric, sympatric

Inflected forms

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      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "biology",
      "word": "liigiteke"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "biology",
      "word": "lajiutuminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "biology",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "spéciation"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "biology",
      "word": "fajképződés"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "biology",
      "word": "whakamomotanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "biology",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "especiação"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vidoobrazovanije",
      "sense": "biology",
      "word": "видообразование"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "biology",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "speciácia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "biology",
      "word": "nastanek vrste"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "biology",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "speciacija"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "biology",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "especiación"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "biology",
      "word": "evolución de las especies"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vydoutvórennja",
      "sense": "biology",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "видоутво́рення"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "chemistry",
      "word": "spesiaatio"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "chemistry",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "spéciation chimique"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "chemistry",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Speziierung"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "speciation"
  ],
  "word": "speciation"
}

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