an unfolding, opening out, or working out; process of development, as from a simple to a complex form, or of gradual, progressive change, as in a social and economic structure
a result or product of this; thing evolved
a movement that is part of a series or pattern
a pattern produced, or seemingly produced, by such a series of movements: the evolutions of a fancy skater
a setting free or giving off, as of gas in a chemical reaction
Biol.
the development of a species, organism, or organ from its original or primitive state to its present or specialized state; phylogeny or ontogeny