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nountachytely (uncountable)
- uncountablebiologyUnusually rapid evolution.
Thus tachytely is intimately associated with Simpson's original model of quantum evolution — and quantum evolution is usually, if not solely, implicated in the origin of taxa of relatively high categorical rank […]
1989, Niles Eldredge, Macroevolutionary dynamics: species, niches, and adaptive peaks, page 25
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tachytely. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tachytely
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“tachytely.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tachytely. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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