Gaia
Americannoun
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Classical Mythology the ancient Greek goddess who personified the earth and whose numerous offspring include Uranus, by whom she bore the Titans and the Cyclopes.
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the earth, when regarded as the self-regulating organism described by the Gaia hypothesis.
Our destiny is dependent on what we do for Gaia as a whole.
noun
Etymology
Origin of Gaia
First recorded in 1970–75; from Greek gaîa “earth, the earth”
Example Sentences
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The team used data from several ground-based surveys along with observations from the Gaia space telescope.
From Science Daily
Today, this unusual star circles a quiet black hole in a system known as Gaia BH2.
From Science Daily
The survey analyzes measurements from two European Space Agency missions -- Hipparcos and Gaia -- which track tiny motions in stars caused by the gravitational pull of unseen companions.
From Science Daily
The 17-year-old was born in Singapore to an English father and a Japanese mother, and currently plays for Portuguese side Valadares Gaia.
From BBC
Thousands of bright stars, shown in red and blue, are overlaid on Gaia's detailed map of the Milky Way.
From Science Daily
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