alien civilization
collocation in Englishmeaningsofalienandcivilization
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alien
adjective
uk/ˈeɪ.li.ən/us/ˈeɪ.li.ən/
relating to creatures from ...
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civilization
noun
uk/ˌsɪv.əl.aɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌsɪv.əl.əˈzeɪ.ʃən/
human society with its well developed social organizations, or the culture and way of life of a society or country at a particular period ...
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(Definition ofalienandcivilizationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofalien civilization
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First, we must calculate the probability of receiving a signal from exactly onealiencivilization.
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In this paper, however, we would like to contend that the future of humankind might have been somealiencivilizationin the past!
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Nevertheless, the conclusion is that if we ever were to receive a radio message from analiencivilization, it would most likely be a type of unintentional radio signal.
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This is exactly as should be expected; the probability that we will never detect even a singlealiencivilizationdecreases if there are more alien civilizations to detect.
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Most of these followed a consistent pattern, wherein a hostilealiencivilizationcaptured and brainwashed free thetans.
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While exploring, he and a friend discover artifacts of analiencivilization, including a working land vehicle that has legs, like a large metal centipede.
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The failure to communicate with analiencivilizationis the main theme of the book.
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The more alien civilizations are out there, the less likely it is that we will not detect any of them.
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Calculating the probability of detecting radio signals from alien civilizations speculate about its exact value.
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Their rarity and superiority has sparked suggestions that they have been made by an advanced ancientaliencivilizationor by coming from the beginning of the universe itself.
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If we cannot detect alien civilizations, we might be able to detect the one-cell organisms out of which they will eventually evolve.
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What became of thisaliencivilizationis unknown, but all that remains of it are magnificent ruins scattered across the globe, mostly reclaimed by the encroaching wilderness.
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Or, in other words, the existences of different alien civilizations are mutually independent - their existence is neither caused nor affected by each other.
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It is somewhat paradoxical that we should be opportunistic for short-lived alien civilizations, when at the same time, we want to learn more about them.
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As our science, especially astronomy and astrobiology, undoubtedly evolves, we shall certainly be capable of better understanding all the factors behind the probability of detecting radio signals from alien civilizations.
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The probability of radio-contacting alien civilizations consists of two disjunctive subsets : the probability of receiving intentional alien signals and the probability of receiving unintentional alien signals.
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We are also taking into account the time factor and considering only those alien civilizations that are using radio at the same time as we, the listeners, are.
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