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pantropy

pantropy noun: the process of adapting humans through genetic and/or cybernetic means to thrive in environments otherwise inhospitable to them, such as outer space, the deep sea or other planets.

Noun

pantropy (uncountable)

  1. The process of adapting humans through genetic and/or cybernetic means to thrive in environments otherwise inhospitable to them, such as outer space, the deep sea or other planets.

Origin of pantropy

From Ancient Greek παν- (pan-, “all”) + τροπή (tropḗ, “transformation”, literally “turning”), coined by American science-fiction writer James Blish and first attested in 1952.

Questions about pantropy

What does pantropy mean?
Pantropy means the process of adapting humans through genetic and/or cybernetic means to thrive in environments otherwise inhospitable to them, such as outer space, the deep sea or other planets.
What part of speech is pantropy?
Pantropy is a noun.

Words near pantropy in the dictionary

  1. pantropical
  2. pantropical spotted dolphin
  3. pantropical spotted dolphins
  4. pantropically
  5. pantropism
  6. pantropy
  7. pantry
  8. pantry check
  9. pantry checks
  10. pantry moth
  11. pantry moths

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