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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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