superorganism
superorganism noun: a social colony of individuals who, through division of labour, effective communication and self-organization, form a highly connected community that functions as if it were a single organism.
Noun
superorganism (plural superorganisms)
- A social colony of individuals who, through division of labour, effective communication and self-organization, form a highly connected community that functions as if it were a single organism.
- A superorganism is an ensemble of living and non-living matter, which acts as a single self-regulating system. […] Gaia is the largest and most complex superorganism we know.1991, James Lovelock, Healing Gaia, New York: Harmony Books, →ISBN, page 64
- To grasp why Metaman—our strange amalgam of concrete, humans, computer chips, and various plants and animals—is a superorganism rather than merely an elaborate “social grouping” of humans, look at another, far simpler grouping of organisms—a termite colony.1993, Gregory Stock, Metaman: the Merging of Humans and Machines Into a Global Superorganism, New York: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 43
superorganism meaning in Tamil
superorganism in Tamil
- மேல்நிலை உயிரினம்
Forms of superorganism
| plural | superorganisms |
|---|---|
| alternative form | super organism |
Origin of superorganism
From super- + organism.
Questions about superorganism
- What does superorganism mean?
- Superorganism means a social colony of individuals who, through division of labour, effective communication and self-organization, form a highly connected community that functions as if it were a single organism.
- What is superorganism in Tamil?
- Superorganism in Tamil is மேல்நிலை உயிரினம். See Superorganism meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is superorganism?
- Superorganism is a noun.
- What is the plural of superorganism?
- The plural of superorganism is superorganisms.
Words near superorganism in the dictionary
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