noosphere

[noh-uh-sfeer]

no·o·sphere

[noh-uh-sfeer]
noun Ecology.
the biosphere including and modified by such human activities as agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, urbanization, and industrialization.
Also called anthroposphere.


Origin:
1940–45; < French noösphere < Greek nóo(s) mind + French sphère sphere
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Noosphere is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
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noosphere (ˈnəʊˌsfɪə)
 
n
philosophy the part of the biosphere that is affected by human thought, culture, and knowledge
 
[C20: from French noösphère, based on Greek noos mind]

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