On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Lamarck. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as naturalist and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Lamarck meaning
A surname.
Synonyms of Lamarck
Using Lamarck
- The main meaning on this page is: A surname.
- Useful related words include: chevalier de lamarck, naturalist, natural scientist.
- In the example corpus, lamarck often appears in combinations such as: jean-baptiste lamarck, lamarck had.
Context around Lamarck
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 4 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 11 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Lamarck
- In this selection, "lamarck" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, baptiste, children, 695, based, listed and 1744 stand out and add context to how "lamarck" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 1753 was lamarck s annona and 1786 when lamarck listed the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "lamarck" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with lamarck
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The first binomen published after 1753 was Lamarck's Annona dodecapetala (1786). (12 words)
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (1744 - 1829) was the first biologist to describe a complex theory of evolution. (16 words)
Huxley had also rejected Lamarck's theory of transmutation, on the basis that there was insufficient evidence to support it. (20 words)
Lamarck had worked independently on cloud classification the same year and had come up with a different naming scheme that failed to make an impression even in his home country of France because it used unusual French names for cloud types. (41 words)
This theory (commonly associated with Jean-Baptiste Lamarck ) is now known to be wrong—the experiences of individuals do not affect the genes they pass to their children, Lamarck, J-B (2008). (32 words)
Encyclopédie Méthodique de Botanique, vol. 1, pt. 2. Paris, France, pp. 694–695 Lamarck based his description of the newly named species on plant specimens collected in India. (28 words)
Example sentences (11)
This theory (commonly associated with Jean-Baptiste Lamarck ) is now known to be wrong—the experiences of individuals do not affect the genes they pass to their children, Lamarck, J-B (2008).
Among early works exploring the idea of a transmutation of species were Erasmus Darwin 's 1796 Zoönomia and Jean-Baptiste Lamarck 's Philosophie Zoologique of 1809.
Encyclopédie Méthodique de Botanique, vol. 1, pt. 2. Paris, France, pp. 694–695 Lamarck based his description of the newly named species on plant specimens collected in India.
However, the narcotic properties of coca were known only locally until 1786, when Lamarck listed the leaf in his botanical encyclopedia.
Huxley had also rejected Lamarck's theory of transmutation, on the basis that there was insufficient evidence to support it.
In many ways, Spencer's theory of cosmic evolution has much more in common with the works of Lamarck and Auguste Comte 's positivism than with Darwin's.
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (1744 - 1829) was the first biologist to describe a complex theory of evolution.
Lamarck had been discredited among intellectuals by this time, and evolutionary (or development) theories were exceedingly unpopular, except among political radicals, materialists, and atheists.
Lamarck had worked independently on cloud classification the same year and had come up with a different naming scheme that failed to make an impression even in his home country of France because it used unusual French names for cloud types.
Lamarck thought there was an inherent progressive tendency driving organisms continuously towards greater complexity, in parallel but separate lineages with no extinction.
The first binomen published after 1753 was Lamarck's Annona dodecapetala (1786).
Common combinations with lamarck
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- jean-baptiste lamarck 3×
- lamarck had 2×