technosignature

English

Etymology

From techno- +‎ signature.

Noun

technosignature (plural technosignatures)

  1. (archaeology, anthropology) A phenomenon indicating that a particular technology is or was used by a particular society; (astrophysics, astrobiology) a phenomenon indicating that a particular technology is or was present in some place (for example, a phenomenon suggesting that a Dyson sphere might exist in a certain region of space).
    Hypernyms: signature, sign
    Hyponym: technofossil
    Coordinate term: biosignature
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