GAIA


Meaning of GAIA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈgī-ə ]

noun

Etymology: Greek, Gaea

Date: 1975

: the hypothesis that the living and nonliving components of earth function as a single system in such a way that the living component regulates and maintains conditions (as the temperature of the ocean or composition of the atmosphere) so as to be suitable for life ; also : this system regarded as a single organism

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.