abiogenesis

/,eibaiou'dʤenisis/ Cách viết khác : (abiogeny) /,eibai'ɔdʤini/

Thân thiện

The scientist's experiment simulated the conditions for abiogenesis in a sealed glass flask.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A hypothetical organic phenomenon by which living organisms are created from nonliving matter: The theory that life can arise spontaneously from inanimate substances, without descent from pre-existing life.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • The ancient theory of abiogenesis proposed that maggots could spontaneously generate from rotting meat.
  • Modern scientific research into the origins of life explores concepts related to abiogenesis.

Advanced Usage

• "Theory of abiogenesis": The formal scientific hypothesis concerning the initial emergence of life from non-living chemical compounds.
  • The study focuses on testing the theory of abiogenesis in a laboratory setting.

Variants and Related Words

• Abiogeny (n): An older, synonymous term for abiogenesis.

  • Early writings on abiogeny have been largely superseded by modern biology.

• Biogenesis (n): The opposite principle, stating that living matter arises only from pre-existing living matter.

  • The principle of biogenesis is a fundamental tenet of contemporary biology.

Synonyms

• Spontaneous generation: The historical term for the now-discredited belief in the spontaneous origination of life from non-life.
• Autogenesis: A less common synonym for self-origination, sometimes used in similar contexts.

Related Phrases and Concepts

• Primordial soup: A concept in origin-of-life studies related to abiogenesis, describing the mixture of organic compounds in early Earth's oceans.
  • Scientists hypothesize that life began in a primordial soup through a process of abiogenesis.

Học thuật

Noun

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

Từ đồng nghĩa

• autogenesis
• autogeny
• spontaneous generation