Ceti

/ˈsiːtaɪ/ noun

Relating to whales, or referring to a putative intelligence-detecting project (as in SETI, Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence).

From Latin 'cetus' (whale), used as an adjective or in compound terms. In SETI, it represents the Latin word for whale/cetacean in a broader context of seeking intelligence.

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