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Meaning of lithopanspermia | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

The transfer of life-bearing rocks, ejected from one planet, onto the surface of another.

uncountable

Examples

“This experimental evidence supports the possibility of interplanetary transport of lifeforms and makes the lithopanspermia hypothesis more realistic.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

lithopedion lithopelagophil lithophagine lithophagy lithophane lithophany