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Apparition

1. The act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility. The sudden apparition of the Spaniards. (Prescott) The apparition of lawyer Clippurse occasioned much speculation in that portion of the world. (Sir W. Scott)

2. The thing appearing; a visible object; a form. Which apparition, it seems, was you. (Tatler)

3. An unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; a ghost; a specter; a phantom. The heavenly bands . . . A glorious apparition. I think it is the weakness of mine eyes That shapes this monstrous apparition. (Shak)

4. (Science: astronomy) The first appearance of a star or other luminary after having been invisible or obscured; opposed to occultation. Circle of perpetual apparition. See circle.

Origin: f. Apparition, L. Apparitio, fr. Apparere. See Appear.


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Wed Jan 11, 2006 5:29 pm
 
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... figures? Or explain to us what makes much more likely than spontaneous creation? And just another thing when you are estimating the probability of apparition of life, you shouldn't restrict your calculations toearth, but include the whole universe.

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... cannot decrease even with high probability, as long as the law is conserved on average. And as a matter of fact I want to remind you that the apparition of life do not stricto sensu concern evolution. Evolution applies only to organisms that reproduce and compete for ressources. Tne origin ...

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