Definition of Terrestrial in English :

Define Terrestrial in English

Terrestrial meaning in English

Meaning of Terrestrial in English

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Terrestrial

see synonyms of terrestrial

Adjective

1. tellurian, telluric, terrene, terrestrial

of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air

2. planetary, terrestrial

of or relating to or characteristic of the planet Earth or its inhabitants

Example Sentences:
'planetary rumblings and eructations'
'the planetary tilt'
'this terrestrial ball'

3. terrestrial

operating or living or growing on land

4. mundane, terrestrial

concerned with the world or worldly matters

Example Sentences:
'mundane affairs'
'he developed an immense terrestrial practicality'

5. sublunar, sublunary, terrestrial

of this earth

Example Sentences:
'transcendental motives for sublunary actions'
'fleeting sublunary pleasures'
'the nearest to an angelic being that treads this terrestrial ball'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Terrestrial

see synonyms of terrestrial
adjective
1. 
of or relating to the earth
2. 
of or belonging to the land as opposed to the sea or air
3. 
(of animals and plants) living or growing on the land
4. 
earthly, worldly, or mundane
5. 
(of television signals) sent over the earth's surface from a transmitter on land, rather than by satellite
noun
6. 
an inhabitant of the earth

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Terrestrial

see synonyms of terrestrial
adjective
1. 
of this world; worldly; earthly; mundane
2. 
of, constituting, or representing the earth
a terrestrial globe
3. 
consisting of land as distinguished from water
4. 
living on land rather than in water, in the air, in trees, etc.
5. 
growing on land or in the soil
6. 
of the four small, rocky inner planets of the solar system, specif. Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars
see also Jovian (sense 3)
noun
7. 
an inhabitant of the earth

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Terrestrial

see synonyms of terrestrial
adj.
1. Of or relating to the earth or its inhabitants.
2. Biology Living or growing on land or on or in the ground; not aquatic, arboreal, or epiphytic: terrestrial mammals; terrestrial apes; terrestrial orchids.
3. Astronomy Similar to the planet earth in size or composition: terrestrial planets.
4. Transmitted from structures on the earth and not involving satellites: terrestrial radio.
5. Archaic Of or relating to the earth rather than heaven.
n.
An inhabitant of the earth.

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