theia
IPA: ðɛʌ
Root Word: Theia
noun
- (Greek mythology) A Titan, the sister-wife of Hyperion.
- (Greek mythology) An Oceanid nymph (daughter of Oceanus and Tethys), the mother of the Cercopes by Oceanus.
- (astronomy) A hypothesised Mars-sized planet of the early solar system thought to have collided with the Earth to produce the Moon.
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Examples of "theia" in Sentences
- That would be relevant for the destabilization of Theia.
- Theia is thought to have struck the Earth at an oblique angle.
- The text stated that Theia became unstable as the Earth increased in mass.
- Lets keep in mind the concept of theia is relatively new to most of the public.
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