Webster's 1913 Dictionary
WEISM
WEISM We "ism, n.
Defn: Same as Wegotism.
WEISMANNISM
WEISMANNISM Weis "mann *ism, n. (Biol.)
Defn: The theories and teachings in regard to heredity propounded by the German biologist August Weismann, esp. in regard to germ plasm as the basis of heredity and the impossibility of transmitting acquired characteristics; -- often called neo-Darwinism.
New American Oxford Dictionary
Weismann, August
Weis mann, August |ˈvīsmən ˈwaɪsmən | (1834 –1914 ), German biologist, one of the founders of modern genetics; full name August Friedrich Leopold Weismann. He expounded the theory of germ plasm and suggested that variability in individuals comes from the recombination of chromosomes during reproduction. DERIVATIVES Weis mann ism |-ˌnizəm |noun, Weis mann ist |ˈvīsmənist |noun & adjective
Oxford Dictionary
Weismann, August
Weismann, August |ˈvʌɪsmən, German ˈvaɪsman | (1834 –1914 ), German biologist, one of the founders of modern genetics; full name August Friedrich Leopold Weismann. He expounded the theory of germ plasm, which ruled out the transmission of acquired characteristics, and suggested that variability in individuals came from the recombination of chromosomes during reproduction. DERIVATIVES Weismannism noun, Weismannist noun & adjective
Duden Dictionary
weismachen
weis ma chen schwaches Verb umgangssprachlich |w ei smachen |schwaches Verb; Perfektbildung mit »hat « mittelhochdeutsch wīs machen = klug machen, belehren, kundtun jemandem etwas Unzutreffendes glauben machen das kannst du mir nicht weismachen /machst du mir nicht weis
Weißmacher
Weiß ma cher Substantiv, maskulin Werbesprache , der |W ei ßmacher |optischer Aufheller in Waschmitteln
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