Exobiologyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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exobiology (usually uncountable, plural exobiologies)

1. (biology, science fiction) The branch of biology dealing with exolife: (putative or predicted) extraterrestrial lifeforms (those originating from planets other than Earth).

   Synonym: xenobiology

   Hypernym: astrobiology

   • 1973, Lyall Watson, Supernature, page ix. 310:

     Biology has lately given rise to a new discipline: exobiology, the study of extraterrestrial life. Ever since 1959, when analysis of a piece of meteor substance showed traces of organic compounds, a controversy has raged as to whether these compounds came into the atmosphere with the meteorite or whether they originate on earth.

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Further reading

• astrobiology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia