Term
|
Definition
| The logical process of passing from observations and axioms to generalizations; in statistics, thedevelopment of generalizations from sample data, usually with calculated degrees of uncertainty. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| A tentative explanation for an observation, phenomenon, or scientific problem that can be tested by further investigation. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The tendency of an organism or a cell to regulate its internal conditions, usually by a system of feedbackcontrols, so as to stabilize health and functioning, regardless of the outside changing conditions |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The theory of spontaneous generation held that complex, living organisms may be produced from nonliving matter. It was a popular belief that mice occur spontaneously from stored grain, or maggots spontaneously appear in meat. |
|
|
