Definition of exobiology in English:
exobiology
nounˌɛksəʊbʌɪˈɒlədʒiˌeksōbīˈäləjē
mass nounThe branch of science that deals with the possibility and likely nature of life on other planets or in space.
Example sentencesExamples
- In the first category, the grants have supported research in astrobiology, exobiology and extraterrestrial analog environments on Earth.
- Dubbed ExoMars, the mission will send a lander and a rover to the red planet to carry out exobiology and geophysical analysis of the Martian environment.
- Carl Sagan pioneered the study of exobiology - the study of possible alien life forms and biochemistry.
- Although she was an anthropologist, she'd had a minor in exobiology, which was good enough for the school administrator.
- I am by no means an expert on exobiology in general or Mars in particular, but it's clear that sorting this out is going to be both complicated and fascinating.
Derivatives
adjective
He thought for a little while longer, got up from his favorite reflecting chair, and moved to the workspace and accessed the exobiological database.
noun
Leaning closer to the microphone, the exobiologist lectured solemnly: ‘We are probably not alone in the cosmos.’
Example sentencesExamples
- Some exobiologists have theorized that comets such as Hyakutake helped seed early Earth with the ingredients for life.
- The commission included no engineers or exobiologists, ‘no one interested in the search for life on Mars or in human missions to Mars.’
- I wanted to be an exobiologist from as far back as I can remember.
- Our exobiologists expect any alien species we may encounter to be bipedal mammals that are approximately our size.