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Reversion

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reversion: see atavism atavism , the appearance in an individual of a characteristic not apparent in the preceding generation. At one time it was believed that such a phenomenon was thought to be a reversion of "throwback" to a hypothetical ancestral prototype.
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reversion
1. Biology
a. the return of individuals, organs, etc., to a more primitive condition or type
b. the reappearance of primitive characteristics in an individual or group
2. Property law
a. an interest in an estate that reverts to the grantor or his heirs at the end of a period, esp at the end of the life of a grantee
b. an estate so reverting
c. the right to succeed to such an estate
reversion [ri′vər·zhən]
(chemical engineering)
In rubber manufacture, a decrease in rubber modulus or viscosity caused by overworking.
(mathematics)
For a series, the process of constructing a new series in which the dependent and independent variables of the original series are interchanged.
reversion
Chemical reaction leading to the deterioration of a sealant, backup, or filler; due to moisture trapped behind the sealant.
Reversion 

(1) A synonym of atavism.

(2) In plants with various genotypic components (mottled-leaf plants, chimeras), the appearance of shoots that correspond to one of the components.

(3) In genetics, turning of a mutated gene to a gene of the initial type (reverse, or back, mutation). Like direct mutations, reversion may be spontaneous or artificially induced by various mutagens. The study of reversions in bacteria, bacteriophages, and other microorganisms has led to a better understanding of the mechanism of mutagenesis.
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"An appeal will not lie," he thought, with an absurd reversion to professional slang, making the situation more horrible, as the fire of a cigar might light up a tomb.
Can Such Things Be? by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
To such a degree, I assure you, though I would not say so to others, that if the queen, acknowledging the injuries she has done me, would recall my mother and give me the reversion of the admiralty, which belonged to my father and was promised me at his death, well
Twenty Years After by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
If that were at an end, the States which made the cession, on a principle of federal compromise, would be apt when the motive of the grant had ceased, to reclaim the lands as a reversion.
Federalist Papers Authored by Alexander Hamilton by Hamilton, Alexander View in context
 
 
 
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