GAIA

Meaning of GAIA in English

[ 'gʌɪə ]

■ noun the earth viewed as a vast self-regulating organism.

Origin

1970s: coined by the English scientist James Lovelock from the name of the Greek goddess ~ .

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

GAIA — noun Etymology: Greek, Gaea Date: 1975 the hypothesis that the living and nonliving components of earth function as a single …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
GAIA — n. (Greek mythology) goddess of the earth who married Uranus
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
GAIA — noun Etymology: Greek, Gaea Date: 1975 : the hypothesis that the living and nonliving components of earth function as a …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GAIA — Gaia BrE AmE ˈɡaɪ ə ˈɡeɪ ə
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
GAIA — / ˈgaɪə; NAmE / noun [ sing. ] the Earth, considered as a great natural system which organizes and controls …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GAIA — GUI Application Interoperability Architecture. An OSF project.
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
GAIA — Gui Application Interoperability Architecture
Computer Acronyms English vocab
GAIA — [Greek] Gaia, known as Earth or Mother Earth (the Greek common noun for "land" is ge or ga). She was …
Encyclopedia Mythica English vocab
GAIA — Гея
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
GAIA — Gaia probe
Русско-Американский Английский словарь
GAIA — сущ. по Б. Уолкеру - совокупность всего живого, находящегося в биосфере.
Англо-Русский социологический энциклопедический словарь
GAIA — n. Pronunciation: ' g ī - ə Function: noun Etymology: Greek, Gaea Date: 1975 : the hypothesis that the living …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
GAIA HYPOTHESIS — Model of the Earth in which its living and nonliving parts are viewed as a complex interacting system that can …
Английский словарь Британика
GAIA HYPOTHESIS
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GAIA HYPOTHESIS — Model of the Earth in which its living and nonliving parts are viewed as a complex interacting system that can …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
GAIA NOUN (ENVIRONMENT) — The Earth viewed as a vast self-regulating organism, in which the whole range of living matter defines the conditions for …
Английский разговорный словарь - Новые слова
GAIA PROBE — Gaia
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
GAIA MISSION — Gaia
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
CONSERVATION — planned management of a natural resource or the total environment of a particular ecosystem to prevent exploitation, pollution, destruction, or …
Britannica English vocabulary
COMMUNITY ECOLOGY — study of the organization and functioning of communities, which are assemblages of interacting populations of the species living within a …
Britannica English vocabulary
BIOSPHERE — relatively thin life-supporting stratum of the Earth's surface, extending from a few kilometres into the atmosphere to the deep-sea vents …
Britannica English vocabulary
TANAQUIL — legendary Etruscan prophet, the wife of Tarquinius Priscus, traditionally the fifth king of Rome. According to legend she married the …
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
URANUS — [Greek] Uranus, also known as Ouranos, was the embodiment of the sky or heavens, and known as the god of …
Encyclopedia Mythica English vocab
PONTUS — [Greek] Pontus is the personification of the sea and the son of Gaia and Aether. With Gaia he fathered Nereus, …
Encyclopedia Mythica English vocab
HECATONCHIRES — [Greek] The Hecatonchires were born of Gaia and Uranus. They were stronger, more overbearing, and more fierce than even the …
Encyclopedia Mythica English vocab
EUMENIDES — [Greek] A euphemistic Greek term for the Erinyes (Furies). The name means something like "the kind ones, the well-minded, or …
Encyclopedia Mythica English vocab
ERICHTHONIUS — [Greek heroic] Erichthonius - the Athenian mythical king According to the tradition the parents of Erichthonius were Hephaestus, the god …
Encyclopedia Mythica English vocab
CYCLOPES — [Greek] The Cyclopes were giant beings with a single, round eye in the middle of their foreheads. According to Hesiod, …
Encyclopedia Mythica English vocab
CRONUS — [Greek] Cronus, the son of Uranus and Gaia and the youngest of the twelve Titans. His wife was also one …
Encyclopedia Mythica English vocab
CRIUS — [Greek] Crius was one of the Greek Titans. The Titans were the principal gods of early Greek mythology. Crius and …
Encyclopedia Mythica English vocab
CHAOS — [Greek] Chaos is from the Greek word Khaos, meaning "gaping void". There are many explanations as to who or what …
Encyclopedia Mythica English vocab

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