Gaea
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(jē'ə) 
also Gai·a (gā'ə)
n. Greek Mythology
The goddess of the earth, who bore and married Uranus and became the mother of the Titans and the Cyclopes.
also Gai·a (gā'ə)n. Greek Mythology
The goddess of the earth, who bore and married Uranus and became the mother of the Titans and the Cyclopes.
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Gaea, terra-cotta statuette from Tanagra, Greece; in the Musée Borély, Marseille. (credit: Giraudon/Art Resource, New York)
Gaea, terra-cotta statuette from Tanagra, Greece; in the Musée Borély, Marseille. (credit: Giraudon/Art Resource, New York)
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Gaea (jē'ə), in Greek religion and mythology, the earth, daughter of Chaos, both mother and wife of Uranus (the sky) and Pontus (the sea). Among Gaea's offspring by Uranus were the Cyclopes, the Hundred-handed Ones (the Hecatoncheires), and the Titans. To Pontus she bore five sea deities. Because Uranus had imprisoned her sons she helped bring about his overthrow by the Titans, who were led by Kronos. She was worshiped as the primal goddess, the mother and nourisher of all things. The Romans identified her with Tellus.
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Gaia
IN BRIEF: n. - (Greek mythology) goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
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a theory of the role of biota in the maintenance of a climatic homeostasis, proposed by British biochemist James Lovelock (1919 — ) in 1979. The basic concept is that all of the living organisms that inhabit the earth can be regarded as a single vast organism capable of manipulating the atmosphere, geosphere, and hydrosphere to suit its needs. Lovelock named this organism Gaia, after the Greek goddess of the earth.
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