The noun PUNCTUATED EQUILIBRIUM has 1 sense: 1. a theory of evolution holding that evolutionary change in the fossil record came in fits and starts rather than in a steady process of slow change Familiarity information: PUNCTUATED EQUILIBRIUM used as a noun is very rare.
APA citation style: Historic American Buildings Survey, C. (1933) Stone House, Fort Ann, Washington County, NY. Documentation Compiled After. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/ny1153/.
Fort Ann was formed, as the town of Westfield, March 23, 1786, and at that time included Putnam, Dresden and Hartford, as well as its present territory. Hartford was set off in 1793, and Putnam and Dresden, as one town, in 1806.