burstwise en · ADJ
Etymology
From burst + -wise.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Taking place in bursts.
Ideas cause ideas and help evolve new ideas. […] And they also interact with the external surroundings to produce in toto a burstwise advance in evolution that is far beyond anything to hit the evolutionary scene yet, including the emergence of the living cell.
1966, Roger Sperry, Mind, Brain and Humanist Values: