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Definition: Theia |
TheiaNoun1. (Greek mythology) the Titaness who was mother of Helios and Selene and Eos in ancient mythology. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Theia" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1870. (references) |
Synonym: TheiaSynonym: Thea (n). (additional references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In astronomy, Theia is the name of a hypothetical planetesimal that, according to one theory of the Moon's formation, collided with the Earth over four billion years ago. This impact destroyed Theia and threw massive quantities of ejecta into orbit around Earth, from which the Moon coalesced in a matter of months or days. Earth also gained significant amounts of angular momentum from the collision, as well as increasing its total mass to its modern level. See Giant impact theory.
According to this theory, Theia would have been approximately Mars-sized and struck Earth at a glancing angle. Little else is known about it. It was named after the mythological Greek Titan Theia, who gave birth to the Moon goddess Selene.
Theia can also be a king of the Ostrogoths. See Teia
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Movie/TV Titles | I Theia mou i hipissa (1970) | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-h-i-t" | |
-1 letter: eath, haet, hate, heat, thae. | |
-2 letters: ait, ate, eat, eta, eth, hae, hat, het, hie, hit, tae, tea, the, tie. | |
-3 letters: ae, ah, ai, at, eh, et, ha, he, hi, it, ta, ti. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-h-i-t" | |
+1 letter: halite, saithe. | |
+2 letters: achiest, achiote, airthed, aitches, aphetic, ashiest, atheism, atheist, epitaph, ethical, faithed, gahnite, habited, habitue, hairnet, halites, haplite, hastier, hatlike, haziest, heating, heliast, hematic, hematin, hepatic, hetaira, hyalite, inearth, lathier, megahit, pithead, sheitan, shitake, staithe, sthenia, theriac, zaptieh. | |
+3 letters: absinthe, achiotes, aerolith, aetheric, alighted, anthelia, anthelix, anthemia, antherid, anthesis, antihero, apathies, aphanite, asthenia, asthenic, atechnic, atheisms, atheists, atheling, athetoid, athletic, bathetic, catchier, catechin, cathexis, chanties, chapiter, chariest, chastise, chattier, cheating, chigetai, dashiest, earthier, earthily, earthing, echinate, empathic, emphatic, epitaphs, esthesia, ethicals, ethician, ethnical, gahnites, gilthead, gnathite, graphite, habitude, habitues, haematic, haematin, hairiest, hairnets, halftime, hammiest, handiest, haplites, happiest, haptenic, hardiest, hastiest, hatteria, headiest, heartier, hearties, heartily, hearting, heathier, heaviest, hectical, heliasts, hematein, hematics, hematine, hematins, hematite, hematoid, hepatica, hepatics, hepatize, heritage, herniate, hesitant, hesitate, hetaeric, hetairai, hetairas, hiatuses, hieratic, hoariest, hyalites, hysteria, inchoate, inearths, ingather, insheath, inswathe, jacinthe, lathiest, litharge, lithemia, mastiche, mateship, megahits, megalith, misteach, naething, pastiche, patchier, pathetic, perianth, petechia, phreatic, pistache, pitheads, rhematic, shadiest, shakiest, shaliest, shanties, sheitans, shiitake, shipmate, shitakes, shithead, staithes, sthenias, tachisme, tachiste, teaching, teiglach, teraphim, theatric, thebaine, thematic, theriaca, theriacs, thesauri, thespian, thetical, thiamine, thiazide, thiazine, thiazole, thionate, thiotepa, thiourea, thirlage, tithable, tracheid, trashier, trihedra, triphase, washiest, waterish, whitecap, wrathier, xanthein, xanthine, yahrzeit, zaptiehs, zenithal. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 68 65 69 61 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)- .... . .. .- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01101000 01100101 01101001 01100001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T h e i a |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0068 0065 0069 0061 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5474717567 |
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