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09-15-2005, 08:46 AM
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com·pe·ti·tion ( P ) Pronunciation Key (kmp-tshn)
n.
1. The act of competing, as for profit or a prize; rivalry.
2. A test of skill or ability; a contest: a skating competition.
3. Rivalry between two or more businesses striving for the same customer or market.
4. A competitor: The competition has cornered the market.
5. Ecology. The simultaneous demand by two or more organisms for limited environmental resources, such as nutrients, living space, or light.
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Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
com·pe·ti·tion (kmp-tshn)
n.
1. The process by which the activity or presence of one substance interferes with or suppresses the activity of another substance with similar affinities, as of antigens.
2. The simultaneous demand by two or more organisms for limited environmental resources.
Source: The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
competition
n 1: a business relation in which two parties compete to gain customers; "business competition can be fiendish at times" 2: an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants [syn: contest] 3: the act of competing as for profit or a prize; "the teams were in fierce contention for first place" [syn: contention, rivalry] [ant: cooperation] 4: the contestant you hope to defeat; "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing" [syn: rival, challenger, competitor, contender]
Source: WordNet ® 2.0, © 2003 Princeton University
Well, first off, competition as far as I can tell, true competition only occurs when there is more than one lifeform present. If there are obscure theories on competition in the mineral (molecular, atomic) world, it would be interesting to hear them.
I’m beginning to think competition is not a necessary part of an organism’s existance. I wouldn’t go so far to say that it will never occur in an organisms lifespan, but in that a lifeform is self sufficient (for the most part) it is not a necessity. Only when you introduce another organism does the possibility of a competitve event occur.
It seems like competition is a function of life to sort out the strong from the weak, fit from the unfit. In that survival stems from adaptability, and that adaptability occurs with or without competition, I’d have to say adaptability is the real catalyst for sorting out the strong from the weak.
Are flowers in competition with each other? Like, does the plant with the red flower go “BOOP! Check out how red that flower is, its gonna get all the bees.” But then the blue flower is all, “Fuck, alright, BOINK! Check out the sweet smells of this big blue mother fucker, its getting all the bees!” Aren’t the flowers competing? Or are they adapting?
Ok, early morning philosophy. Enjoy.
com·pe·ti·tion ( P ) Pronunciation Key (kmp-tshn)
n.
1. The act of competing, as for profit or a prize; rivalry.
2. A test of skill or ability; a contest: a skating competition.
3. Rivalry between two or more businesses striving for the same customer or market.
4. A competitor: The competition has cornered the market.
5. Ecology. The simultaneous demand by two or more organisms for limited environmental resources, such as nutrients, living space, or light.
[Download Now or Buy the Book]
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
com·pe·ti·tion (kmp-tshn)
n.
1. The process by which the activity or presence of one substance interferes with or suppresses the activity of another substance with similar affinities, as of antigens.
2. The simultaneous demand by two or more organisms for limited environmental resources.
Source: The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
competition
n 1: a business relation in which two parties compete to gain customers; "business competition can be fiendish at times" 2: an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants [syn: contest] 3: the act of competing as for profit or a prize; "the teams were in fierce contention for first place" [syn: contention, rivalry] [ant: cooperation] 4: the contestant you hope to defeat; "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing" [syn: rival, challenger, competitor, contender]
Source: WordNet ® 2.0, © 2003 Princeton University
Well, first off, competition as far as I can tell, true competition only occurs when there is more than one lifeform present. If there are obscure theories on competition in the mineral (molecular, atomic) world, it would be interesting to hear them.
I’m beginning to think competition is not a necessary part of an organism’s existance. I wouldn’t go so far to say that it will never occur in an organisms lifespan, but in that a lifeform is self sufficient (for the most part) it is not a necessity. Only when you introduce another organism does the possibility of a competitve event occur.
It seems like competition is a function of life to sort out the strong from the weak, fit from the unfit. In that survival stems from adaptability, and that adaptability occurs with or without competition, I’d have to say adaptability is the real catalyst for sorting out the strong from the weak.
Are flowers in competition with each other? Like, does the plant with the red flower go “BOOP! Check out how red that flower is, its gonna get all the bees.” But then the blue flower is all, “Fuck, alright, BOINK! Check out the sweet smells of this big blue mother fucker, its getting all the bees!” Aren’t the flowers competing? Or are they adapting?
Ok, early morning philosophy. Enjoy.