eobiontとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received 発音) enPR: ēōʹbīʹŏnt, IPA^(key): /ˌiːəʊˈbaɪɒnt/
• (General American) enPR: ēōʹbī′änt, IPA^(key): /ˌiːoʊˈbaɪɑnt/

名詞

eobiont (複数形 eobionts)

1. a hypothetical primordial life-form or chemical precursor to a living organism
2. an artificially created creature; a Frankenstein's monster

引用

• 1993, Manfred Eigen, Ruthild Winkler, Laws of the Game [1]

  Only when “eobionts”—primordial organisms equipped with a primitive metabolism—began to multiply efficiently was this material used up.

• 2003, Michael Cronin, Translation and Globalization [2]

  In the Dutch novelist Harry Mulisch’s The Procedure, the protagonist Victor Werker is the creator of artificial life in the form of the Eobiont (Mulisch 2001).