"technosignature" meaning in All languages combined

See technosignature on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: technosignatures [plural]
Etymology: From techno- + signature. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|techno|signature}} techno- + signature Head templates: {{en-noun}} technosignature (plural technosignatures)
  1. (archaeology, anthropology) A phenomenon indicating that a particular technology is or was used by a particular society; (astrophysics, astrobiology) a phenomenon indicating that a particular technology is or was present in some place (for example, a phenomenon suggesting that a Dyson sphere might exist in a certain region of space). Wikipedia link: technosignature

Inflected forms

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