Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence: the attempt to detect signals, esp radio waves or light, from an intelligent extraterrestrial source
seti- in American English
(ˈsitɪ; ˈsitə)
bristle
setiform
Word origin
< L saeta, a stiff hair: see seta
SETI in American English
abbreviation
search for extraterrestrial intelligence
Word origin
[1975–80]This word is first recorded in the period 1975–80. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: family therapy, methanogen, retrovirus, surrogate mother, videotex