Home Forum Dictionary Articles Tutorials Books Directory Share your work


Edit page | Page history | Printable version

Dictionary » F » Freeman

Freeman

Freeman

Origin: as. Freoman; freofree _ mann man.

1. One who enjoys liberty, or who is not subject to the will of another; one not a slave or vassal.

2. A member of a corporation, company, or city, possessing certain privileges; a member of a borough, town, or state, who has the right to vote at elections. See Liveryman. Both having been made freemen on the same day. (Addison)


Please contribute to this project, if you have more information about this term feel free to edit this page



Results from our forum


Pasteur's Experiment

... always wanted to learn biology, but O and A Level biology textbooks put me off, but recently I got myself "Biological Science" by Scott Freeman, and I've been following the MIT Lectures on Biology at http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Biology/7-012Fall-2004/CourseHome/. In "Biological Science" ...

See entire post
by galileon
Wed Mar 05, 2008 8:51 am
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Pasteur's Experiment
Replies: 1
Views: 1350

The distinction between life and nonlife?

According to Freeman Dyson, who is author of "origin of life", living things have two primary characteristics: metabolism and replication . All nonliving things do not possess either of those characteristics. Then we can ...

See entire post
by titanman
Mon Aug 27, 2007 11:27 am
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: life and non-life...
Replies: 19
Views: 2059

Anthropogenic global warming?

... at that time (volcanic events) did not cause high CO2 and runaway greenhouse, as previously hypothesized. Pagani, M., M. A. Arthur, and K. H. Freeman. "Miocene Evolution of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide." Paleoceanography 14 (1999): 273-292. Phytoplankton δ13C indicates low CO2 ...

See entire post
by blcr11
Tue May 29, 2007 8:17 pm
 
Forum: Ecology
Topic: Anthropogenic global warming?
Replies: 184
Views: 23537

micro/macro evolution

... all life, transformation of species, and large scale functional and structural changes of populations through time, all above the species level (Freeman and Herron 2004; Futuyma 1998; Ridley 1993).

See entire post
by kiekyon
Fri May 05, 2006 3:00 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: micro/macro evolution
Replies: 13
Views: 3487

whats ATP?

... transport system. Image from Purves et al., Life: The Science of Biology, 4th Edition, by Sinauer Associates (http://www.sinauer.com) and WH Freeman (http://www.whfreeman.com), used with permission. Usually the terminal phosphate is not simply removed, but instead is attached to another molecule. ...

See entire post
by CoolJay221
Thu Jan 05, 2006 5:20 pm
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: whats ATP?
Replies: 9
Views: 2059
View all matching forum results

This page was last modified 21:16, 3 October 2005. This page has been accessed 677 times. 
What links here | Related changes | Permanent link