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Definition of anthropic in English Turkish dictionary
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Definition of anthropic in English English dictionary
- Of or pertaining to mankind or humans, or the period of humanity's existence
- relating to mankind or the period of mankind's existence
- similar to a mollic epipedon, but man-made with a large amount of phosphate accumulated by long-continued farming
- consisting of anthropogeomorphic soil material, or showing profound modification of the soil by human activity caused by other factors than those related to cultivation (in Regosols only)
- Like or related to man; human
- Of or pertaining to mankind or humans, or the period of humanitys existence
- anthropic coincidence
- A coincidence in the known physical constants, without which life as we know it would not be possible
- anthropic coincidences
- plural form of anthropic coincidence
- anthropic principle
- Any of several similar explanations for the nature of the universe, and for the values of its fundamental constants, that states either that the universe is as it is because otherwise we wouldn't be here to observe it, or that the very presence of intelligent life constrains the universe to be as it is
A remarkably delicate balance between the small scale phenomena of atomic and nuclear physics and the large scale phenomena of astronomy and cosmology is required for the Universe to be hospitable to chemically based life. Efforts to prove that this must be so are sometimes dignified by the name anthropic principle..
- anthropic principles
- plural form of anthropic principle
- Anthropical
- relating to mankind or the period of mankind's existence
- anthropical
- Like or related to man; human
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() Originated 1795-1805, from Greek ἄνθρωπικός 'human'.anthropical. (n.d.). Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Retrieved February 28, 2007, from Dictionary.com website: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/anthropicalResimler
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