Meanings
adjectiveburstwise (not comparable)
- not comparableTaking place in bursts.
Ideas cause ideas and help evolve new ideas. […] And they also interact with the external surroundings to produce in toto a burstwise advance in evolution that is far beyond anything to hit the evolutionary scene yet, including the emergence of the living cell.
1966, Roger Sperry, Mind, Brain and Humanist Values
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APA
burstwise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/burstwise
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“burstwise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/burstwise. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “burstwise,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/burstwise.
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