biosignature

English

Etymology

From bio- +‎ signature.

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Noun

biosignature (plural biosignatures)

  1. (biology) Any measurable phenomenon that indicates the presence or probable presence of life.
    Hypernyms: signature, sign
    Coordinate term: technosignature
    • 2025 April 17, Iain Todd, “Astronomers have found the ‘most promising signs yet’ of alien life on a planet beyond our Solar System”, in BBC Sky at Night Magazine‎[1]:
      The team say dimethyl sulfide and dimethyl disulfide are molecules from the same chemical family, and could be ‘biosignatures’.

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