Hypertext Webster Gateway: "survival"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Survival \Sur*viv"al\, n. [From {Survive}.]
1. A living or continuing longer than, or beyond the
existence of, another person, thing, or event; an
outliving.
2. (Arh[ae]ol. & Ethnol.) Any habit, usage, or belief,
remaining from ancient times, the origin of which is often
unknown, or imperfectly known.
The close bearing of the doctrine of survival on the
study of manners and customs. --Tylor.
{Survival of the fittest}. (Biol.) See {Natural selection},
under {Natural}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
survival
n 1: a state of surviving; remaining alive [syn: {endurance}]
2: a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms
best adapted to the environment [syn: {survival of the
fittest}, {natural selection}, {selection}]
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