exobiology
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9.9
- noun
- /ˌɛksoʊbaɪˈɑlədʒi/
- Specialized
:
exobiología
- This work was supported by grants from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Exobiology Program (EXB02-0042-0054) to L. A. L. and Z. G. C., from the National Science Foundation (DEB-0529737) to L. A. L., and from the University of Connecticut Research Foundation to Z. G. C.
- NASA Exobiology
- Exobiology Program
Examples
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He was a hobbyist and a crackpot, and possibly the worst thing to happen to exobiology since the shitdogs ate their landers.
Fiction book (1999) -
But those rockets would have been built and paid for regardless, and put to even more problematical applications if exobiology had not been on the table.
Academic text (1997) -
Let's see what they pulled out of this exobiology Extant Life Surveyor.
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I also hold degrees in Ethnobotany, Exobiology, and Exoanthropology.
Fiction book (1998) -
I've got a doctorate in exobiology!
Fiction book (1999) -
She came here originally to study the Bodoites, as a graduate student in exobiology.
Fiction book (1998) -
It stands for Exobiology, Extant Life Surveyor.
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I've got three thesis advisees backed up outside my door and no time to waste giving you a crash course in exobiology.
Fiction book (1999) -
I suppose exobiology wasn't a surprising career choice for somebody with a seeker of primal truths in place of one parent and a student of the sign language of animals in place of the other.
Fiction book (1999) -
The scientists conducted experiments in exobiology to understand how life might exist on Mars.
Synonyms
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Study of life outside Earth and how space changes living things
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9.9
Study of life not like life on Earth, for example alien life or life made in a lab
Study of how outer space affects living things and search for life elsewhere
How Specialized
- Specialized
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9.9
- Specialized
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9.9
- Specialized
4
7.7
- Specialized
251
2.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Exobiology starts with exo- meaning 'outside' and has bio meaning 'life', the same bio you see in biology and biography. So, exobiology is the study of life 'outside' Earth.