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anthropic
A reference to humans or the period of their existence on earth.
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anthropic principle
The assertion that the presence of intelligent life on earth places limits on the many ways the universe could have developed and could have caused the conditions of temperature that prevail today.
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anthropic, anthropeic (adjective)
1. Pertaining to humans or the period of their existence on earth.
2. Of or belonging to a human being; of a human sort. Also, concerned with or relating to human beings; in geology, applied to the period of the deposits in which human remains are found.
3. Anthropic principle is the assertion that the presence of intelligent life on earth places limits on the many ways the universe could have developed and could have caused the conditions of temperatkre that prevail today; the principle that theories of the universe are constrained by the need to allow for man's existence in it as an observer.
2. Of or belonging to a human being; of a human sort. Also, concerned with or relating to human beings; in geology, applied to the period of the deposits in which human remains are found.
3. Anthropic principle is the assertion that the presence of intelligent life on earth places limits on the many ways the universe could have developed and could have caused the conditions of temperatkre that prevail today; the principle that theories of the universe are constrained by the need to allow for man's existence in it as an observer.
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anthrop-, anthropo-, -anthrope, -anthropic, -anthropical, -anthropically, -anthropism, -anthropist, -anthropoid, -anthropus, -anthropy +
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(Greek: man; human beings, mankind; including, males (man, men; boy, boys) and females (woman, women; girl, girls); all members of the human race; people, humanity)
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anthropic principle (s), anthropic principles (pl) (noun forms)
1. A principle of reasoning in cosmology which states that the present existence of life on earth implies certain limits on the ways that the early universe could have evolved.
2. The assertion that any life existing in a universe will impose conditions that significantly restrict the physical properties of that universe.
2. The assertion that any life existing in a universe will impose conditions that significantly restrict the physical properties of that universe.
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anthrop-, anthropo-, -anthrope, -anthropic, -anthropical, -anthropically, -anthropism, -anthropist, -anthropoid, -anthropus, -anthropy +
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