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Meaning of "panspermia" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PANSPERMIA

panspermia  [pænˈspɜːmɪə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PANSPERMIA

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Panspermia is a noun.
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WHAT DOES PANSPERMIA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Panspermia

Panspermia (Greek: πανσπερμία from πᾶς/πᾶν (pas/pan) "all" and σπέρμα (sperma) "seed") is the hypothesis that life exists throughout the Universe, distributed by meteoroids, asteroids, comets, planetoids. and, perhaps most recently, by spacecraft, in the form of unintended contamination by microbes, like Tersicoccus phoenicis, that may be resistant to methods usually used in spacecraft assembly clean rooms. Panspermia is the proposal that microscopic life forms that can survive the effects of space, such as extremophiles, become trapped in debris that is ejected into space after collisions between planets and small Solar System bodies that harbor life. Some organisms may travel dormant for an extended amount of time before colliding randomly with other planets or intermingling with protoplanetary disks. If met with ideal conditions on a new planet's surfaces, the organisms become active and the process of evolution begins. Panspermia is not meant to address how life began, just the method that may cause its distribution in the universe.

Definition of panspermia in the English dictionary

The definition of panspermia in the dictionary is a 19th-century evolutionary theory that precursors to life exist in space and will develop on finding suitable conditions.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PANSPERMIA


academia
ˌækəˈdiːmɪə
anaemia
əˈniːmɪə
anemia
əˈniːmɪə
aspermia
əˈspɜːmɪə
azoospermia
eɪˌzəʊəˈspɜːmɪə
Bohemia
bəʊˈhiːmɪə
diathermia
ˌdaɪəˈθɜːmɪə
hyperthermia
ˌhaɪpəˈθɜːmɪə
hypoglycaemia
ˌhaɪpəʊɡlaɪˈsiːmɪə
hypothermia
ˌhaɪpəʊˈθɜːmɪə
ischemia
ɪˈskiːmɪə
leucodermia
ˌluːkəʊˈdɜːmɪə
normothermia
ˌnɔːməʊˈθɜːmɪə
oligospermia
ˌɒlɪɡəʊˈspɜːmɪə
pachydermia
ˌpækɪˈdɜːmɪə
sclerodermia
ˌsklɪərəʊˈdɜːmɪə
Urmia
ˈɜːmɪə
wormier
ˈwɜːmɪə
xerodermia
ˌzɪərəʊˈdɜːmɪə
zoospermia
ˌzəʊəˈspɜːmɪə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PANSPERMIA

pansexual
pansexualism
pansexualist
pansexuality
pansied
pansies
pansophic
pansophical
pansophically
pansophism
pansophist
pansophy
panspermatism
panspermatist
panspermic
panspermism
panspermist
panspermy
pansy
pant

WORDS THAT END LIKE PANSPERMIA

Accademia
amia
anosmia
arrhythmia
bulimia
hyperemia
hyperglycaemia
hyperglycemia
hyperlipidaemia
hypoglycemia
Lake Urmia
lamia
macadamia
Mesopotamia
mummia
pandemia
sickle-cell anaemia
thalassaemia
viremia
zamia

Synonyms and antonyms of panspermia in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «panspermia» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PANSPERMIA

Find out the translation of panspermia to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of panspermia from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «panspermia» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

胚种论
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

panspermia
570 millions of speakers

English

panspermia
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

panspermia
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التبزر الشامل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

панспермии
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

panspermia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

panspermia
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

panspermie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Panspermia
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

panspermia
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

パンスペルミア
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

panspermia
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Panspermia
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

panspermia
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

panspermia
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पॅन्स्पेर्मिया
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

panspermia
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

panspermia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

panspermii
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

панспермії
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

panspermia
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πανσπερμία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

panspermia
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Panspermia
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

panspermia
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of panspermia

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PANSPERMIA»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PANSPERMIA» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about panspermia

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PANSPERMIA»

Discover the use of panspermia in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to panspermia and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Astronomical Origins of Life: Steps Towards Panspermia
This is an error well known to those bookies who are accustomed to taking bets on the stacking of horse races. But we did not begin our investigation from this point of view.
Sir Fred Hoyle, N.C. Wickramasinghe, 2000
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The Emergence of Life: From Chemical Origins to Synthetic ...
Conceptually close to the idea of SETI is the idea of a general panspermia, which assumes that life on Earth originated elsewhere in the universe and came to us in the form of some vaguely identified germs of life. This view has appealed ...
Pier Luigi Luisi, 2006
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The Ultimate Collection on UFOs
Panspermia (Greek: norvottepuiol from Hall" (sperma) "seed") is the hypothesis that life rtdg/rrdv (pas/pan) and orte'pplor exists throughout the Universe, distributed by meteoroids, asteroids and planetoids.['] [2] Panspermia proposes that life ...
compiled from Wikipedia entries and published by by Dr Googelberg
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Monsters, Mutants & Missing Links: The Real Science Behind ...
This theory of the origin of life was first voiced by Arrhenius who called the idea panspermia. Believers in panspermia contend that life did not develop on Earth but was seeded by bacteria from outer space. Panspermia, proponents suggest, is ...
Anne Simon, 2011
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Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meaning of Life
Francis Crick and Leslie Orgel ( 1973, and Crick 1981 ) point out that this idea of panspermia has been championed in various forms since early in the century, when Arrhenius ( 1908) coined the term, and, however unlikely it may seem, it is  ...
Daniel C. Dennett, 2014
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Looking for Life, Searching the Solar System
At that point, Panspermia was not considered further as a likely or necessary mechanism for the appearance of life on Earth. The main arguments against it were that it cannot be experimentally tested and that even the very resistant bacterial ...
Paul Clancy, André Brack, Gerda Horneck, 2005
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Cambridge Preparation for the TOEFL® Test Book with CD-ROM
(3D Nowadays, the panspermia hypothesis has been more or less rejected. CF) Currently, the panspermia hypothesis is looked on with more astonishment than previously. CcT) These days, the panspermia hypothesis is judged more ...
Jolene Gear, 2006
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Introduction to Astrobiology
forces dominant on them, it consequently follows that only panspermia spores ' outside' this size range can enter the solar system. Thus the size range of the panspermia spores which can 'land' on a particular planet of a given stellar system ...
C. Sivaram, 2004
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Encyclopedia of Space and Astronomy
444 panspermia panspermia The general hypothesis that microorganisms, spores, or bacteria attached to tiny particles of matter have diffused through space, eventually encountering a suitable planet and initiating the rise of life there.
Joseph A. Angelo, 2009
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Embryogenesis: Species, Gender, and Identity
These seeds, according to panspermia theory, would have to have been hardy to survive the cold of interstellar space, as well as airlessness and radiation, and they would then have had to pass through the thick atmospheres of their new ...
Richard Grossinger, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PANSPERMIA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term panspermia is used in the context of the following news items.
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Statistical Signatures of Panspermia in Exoplanet Surveys
We develop simple statistical models of panspermia to illustrate observable consequences of these excess correlations. Future searches for ... «Astrobiology News, Jul 15»
2
More Evidence Life Could Have Come From Beyond
The initial idea of panspermia began in ancient Greece but wasn't fully accepted until the early 1900s, when German physicist Svante ... «Popular Science, Jul 15»
3
It's ALIVE! And it's in Outer Spaaaace!
(Alas, their credibility has been self-injured by some cult-like ways their Panspermia Zealot followers have behaved, especially at the ... «Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, Jul 15»
4
There's no evidence to suggest there is life on Comet 67P
That is one of the main issues I have with the authors' version of Panspermia, which states that life came to Earth via bodies from outer space. «Phys.Org, Jul 15»
5
Rosetta mission comet's battered surface 'is more hospitable for life …
The “panspermia” theory suggests organic materials brought to Earth billions of years ago during a barrage of comets could have provided the ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
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Aided by Art, Theory of Life's Extra-Solar Origin Gets Boost
Litho, from the Greek lithos, for stone, and panspermia from the Greek for "all seeds," the hypothesis suggests life began on Earth more than 4 ... «Space.com, Feb 15»
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UK Scientists: Aliens May Have Sent Space Seeds To Create Life …
"This seeming piece of science fiction -- called 'directed panspermia' -- would probably not be taken seriously by any scientist were it not for the ... «Huffington Post, Feb 15»
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Is this picture a 'seed' sent to Earth by aliens? Scientists discover …
“This seeming piece of science fiction, called “directed panspermia” would probably not be taken seriously by any scientist were it not for the ... «Express.co.uk, Jan 15»
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How Asteroid Magnetic Fields Could Have Protected Hitchhiking …
This new understanding of asteroids has tantalizing implications for the panspermia hypothesis—the idea that life, or its precursor chemicals, ... «Popular Mechanics, Jan 15»
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Why 19th Century Scientists Believed That Life Originated In Space
The Panspermia Hypothesis holds that life on our planet traces its origins to space—say, a microbe-laden meteorite landing on primordial Earth ... «io9, Dec 14»

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