stigmergy n. a process via which unorganized actions of individuals serve as stimuli to the actions of other individuals, and, in sum, result in a single outcome; a group of individuals who collectively behave as a sole entity. (source: Double...
stigmergy n.— «His hypothesis of “stigmergy” is that building behavior is at first uncoordinated…when the construction at any one point reaches a certain critical density it attracts other termites topochemically. These...
ecotone n. an area where two ecologies meet or overlap. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
unblind v.— «Late in September 1981, the Harvard team sent its portion of the AMPIM data to the NIGH in preparation for a group meeting in Bethesda at which the participants would, for the first time, discuss unblinded results...
unblind v. to reveal the identity of a subject involved in a blind study, in which the subject is ordinarily anonymous. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
unblind v.— «I know you’re on the research end of things, not economic policy, but if at two years you unblind the study and the drug is having a positive effect, at some point those patients will have to start paying for it themselves...