Some Examples of Diverse Uses of the Word “Evolution”

• Gauge fixings, evolution generators, and world-line conditions in relativistic classical mechanics with constraints. Nuovo Cimento Soc. Ital. Fisica 65

• Holocene evolution of the Canet-St-Nazaire lagoon as determined from a study of sediment properties. Sedimentology

• The evolution of the marketing of oleaginous products during the months of July and August. Oleagineux 36

• The evolution of hoisting with wire ropes—Yesterday, today and tomorrow. Cim Bulletin 93

• The Star Fleet Ladies Auxiliary: Evolution of an online women’s mailing list, pp. 811–816 in Women and the Internet

• Man, God and the Serbonian Bog: The evolution of accidental death insurance. Iowa Law Review 86

• The evolution of toilet-training during the last 60 years. Neurourol. Urodynamics 19

• Gnomish is Sindarin: The conceptual evolution of an Elvish language. Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction and Fantasy 86

• Erectile dysfunction: A review of a common problem in rapid evolution. Primary Care Update for Obst. Gyn. 7

• The evolution of stand-up comedy: From the Middle Ages to Post Modernism. J. Evol. Psychol. 21

These examples are culled from a search of the ISI Web of Knowledge for articles with titles containing “evolution.”