Lithopanspermia
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Lithopanspermia is a noun meaning (biology) The transfer of life-bearing rocks, ejected from one planet, onto the surface of another.
Meaning
(biology) The transfer of life-bearing rocks, ejected from one planet, onto the surface of another.
Example Sentences
This experimental evidence supports the possibility of interplanetary transport of lifeforms and makes the lithopanspermia hypothesis more realistic.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include panspermia, necropanspermia, lithotrophy, biolith, exogenesis, panspermism.
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