Find the word definition

Crossword clues for gaea

The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gaea

Gaea \Gaea\ (j[=e]"[.a]), prop. n. [Gr. Gai^a, Gh^] (Mythol.) The goddess of the earth, considered as a personification of the earth. According to Hesiod she was the first-born of Chaos, and mother of Uranus, Pontus, Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology. [Also spelled Gaia.]

Syn: Gaia, Ge.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Gaea

see Gaia.

Wikipedia
Gaea (Marvel Comics)
This article is for the Marvel Comics Earth-Goddess. For other comic book characters with a similar name, see Gaia.

Gaea is a fictional character appearing in the Marvel Comics universe, based on the Gaia of Greek mythology and Jörð of Norse mythology. She is a primeval Earth goddess, who has enfused her life essence into those of all Earth's living beings. She is the embodiment of the spirit of life, growth, harvest, and renewal on Earth. She is the biological mother of Thor.

Gaea (crater)

Gaea is an impact crater on Amalthea, one of the small moons of Jupiter. The crater is 75 km wide and at least 10–20 km deep. Its center coordinates are 50°S, 95°W. Gaea is one of two named craters on Amalthea, the other being Pan. It is named after the Greek goddess Gaia.

Third of Gaea's interior is covered by a bright spot – the largest on Amalthea. Its brightness is at least 2.3 times greater than outside. This spot is about 25 km wide and appear to be extended outside the crater.

Gaea is located near the South pole of Amalthea, far south from the two bright areas, Lyctos Facula and Ida Facula, which are positioned on the slopes of a prominent mountain elongated along meridian.

Gaea (Bolcom)

Gaea, for Two Pianos Left Hand and Orchestra, also simply called Concerto for Two Pianos Left Hand, is a concert piece by the American composer William Bolcom, written for Leon Fleisher and Gary Graffman.

The composition, which received its first performance in Baltimore in April 1996, is constructed in such a way that it can be performed in one of three ways, with either piano part alone with reduced orchestra, or with both piano parts and the two reduced orchestras combined into a full orchestra.

The piece was one of several that could fully or partially trace their origin to the loss of use in Fleisher's right hand in 1965, according to Fleisher's Kennedy Center biography.

Usage examples of "gaea".

All visitors to Gaea had to ride in her capsular elevator system even to reach the inner rim from the docks on the outside, and while doing so, they were put to sleep, examined, and cleared for release.

In stark contrast to the fiberglass and space-age plastics look of the newer yachts, and their garish ultramodern interior decors, the Mi Gaea had an aura of elegance and a prestigious stature, evoking an era when the great yachts ruled the sea.

The gates were arched, reached by sturdy causeways that ended in drawbridges, and were twenty meters tall—high enough for Gaea to walk through without lowering her head.

And a bottle rocket fired in his direction ought to be enough to send him fleeing into Rhea as fast as his massive back fins could take him, much less the huge airbursts Gaea was sending into the sky.

He pursued and would have caught her, but at the last minute, her mother, Gaea (the earth goddess), turned her into a laurel tree.

The new Gaea and the other Incarnations were scurrying about like dispossessed rat fleas, trying to stem the black tide of it.

One of Sousa's earliest marches, The Liberty Bell had been adopted by a comedy group as their theme song, and was familiar to Gaea from many movies and television tapes.

He had endured wounds at the hands of Pope Joan's Kollege of Kardinals, he had been ignored by Gaea for too long following Kali's triumph.

Gaea can whomp up another dragon anytime she feels like it, but she’.

Gaea can whomp up another dragon anytime she feels like it, but she's way behind.