ABIOGENESIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does abiogenesis mean? 

• ABIOGENESIS (noun)
  The noun ABIOGENESIS has 1 sense:

1. a hypothetical organic phenomenon by which living organisms are created from nonliving matter

  Familiarity information: ABIOGENESIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ABIOGENESIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A hypothetical organic phenomenon by which living organisms are created from nonliving matter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

abiogenesis; autogenesis; autogeny; spontaneous generation

Hypernyms ("abiogenesis" is a kind of...):

organic phenomenon ((biology) a natural phenomenon involving living plants and animals)

Derivation:

abiogenetic (originating by abiogenesis)

abiogenist (a believer in abiogenesis)

 Context examples 

Planets that both receive enough light to activate the chemistry and could have liquid water on their surfaces reside in what the researchers have called the abiogenesis zone.

(Scientists identify exoplanets where life could develop as it did on Earth, University of Cambridge)

Next-generation telescopes, such as NASA’s TESS and James Webb Telescopes, will hopefully be able to identify and potentially characterise many more planets that lie within the abiogenesis zone.

(Scientists identify exoplanets where life could develop as it did on Earth, University of Cambridge)

Among the known exoplanets which reside in the abiogenesis zone are several planets detected by the Kepler telescope, including Kepler 452b, a planet that has been nicknamed Earth’s ‘cousin’, although it is too far away to probe with current technology.

(Scientists identify exoplanets where life could develop as it did on Earth, University of Cambridge)