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devolution
[devolution 词源字典]
devolution:
see
volume
[devolution etymology, devolution origin, 英语词源]
devolution (n.)
1540s; see
de-
+
evolution
. Used in various legal and figurative senses; in biology, as the opposite of
evolution
, it is attested from 1882.