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/spɑnˈteɪniəs/
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[ UK /spɒntˈeɪniəs/ ]
[ UK /spɒntˈeɪniəs/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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happening or arising without apparent external cause
a spontaneous abortion
spontaneous laughter
spontaneous combustion -
said or done without having been planned or written in advance
he made a few ad-lib remarks
How To Use spontaneous In A Sentence
- Mulvey also has an insatiable appetite for collaboration, appearing on colleagues' recordings, or just stepping on stage with other artists to try something spontaneous, something unrehearsed.
- _Phyllocactus_ in having the branches dilated into the form of fleshy leaves, but differ in haying them divided into short truncate leaf-like portions, which are articulated, that is to say, provided with a joint by which they separate spontaneously; the margins are crenate or dentate, and the flowers, which are large and showy, magenta or crimson, appear at the apex of the terminal joints. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"
- It is suggested that ad libitum feeding conditions decrease NAD availability which also decreases metabolism of the triose phosphate glycolytic intermediates, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate and dihydroxyacetone-phosphate, which can spontaneously decompose into methylglyoxal MG. The low-fat diet cascade | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D.
- Additionally, spontaneous rhythms, sustained bigeminies, paroxysmal tachycardias and other tachyarrhythmias were also observed in the different experiment.
- Sahn and Hefner recently reviewed the clinical condition of spontaneous pneumothorax.
- False perception can arise only if the nervous system has spontaneous activity independently of any causative external object.
- Diana's house was crowded with happy people whose spontaneous outbursts of song were accompanied by lively music.
- However ecstatic expression is performed, its most enthusiastic performance spontaneously tunes and readies us to experience the divine and encounter the mysterium tremendum. The Bushman Way of Tracking God
- But to continue our overview: the remainder of book II (from chapter 5 on) discusses the causes of the embryological development of vivipara, while the ovipara are the primary focus in book III, which closes with a discussion of animals that are not sexually generated, including those that arise ˜spontaneously.™ Aristotle's Biology
- By the same laws of probability, the chances that a random bus will spontaneously explode for no reason are slim to none.
