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biosignature

noun

Etymology

From bio- + signature.

  1. borrowed from signātūra
  2. borrowed from signature
  3. prefixed as biosignature — “bio + signature”

Definitions

  1. Any measurable phenomenon that indicates the presence or probable presence of life.

    • The team say dimethyl sulfide and dimethyl disulfide are molecules from the same chemical family, and could be ‘biosignatures’.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for biosignature. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA