homeorhesis
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English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From homeo- + Ancient Greek ῥεῦσις (rheûsis, “flow”), the dropped u probably resulting from analogy with ῥέω (rhéō) or its derivatives.
Noun
[edit]homeorhesis (uncountable)
- (ecology) A dynamical system which returns to a trajectory, as opposed to a system which returns to a particular state, which is termed homeostasis