Gaia
noun
ˈgī-ə 
: the hypothesis that the living and nonliving components of earth function as a single system in such a way that the living component regulates and maintains conditions (such as the temperature of the ocean or composition of the atmosphere) so as to be suitable for life
also : this system regarded as a single organism
Word History
Etymology
after Greek Gaîa, a primordial earth goddess in Greek myth, literally, "earth" — more at geo-
First Known Use
1972, in the meaning defined above
- inexhaustibly
- inexhaustive
- inexhaustively
- inexhaustless
- inexigible
- inexist
- inexistence
- inexistences
- inexistent
- inexorabilities
- inexorability
- inexorable
- inexorableness
- inexorablenesses
- inexorably
- inexpansible
- inexpectancy
- inexpectant
- inexpedience
- inexpediences
- inexpediencies
- inexpediency
- inexpedient
- inexpediently
- inexpensive