TERRESTRIAL
\təɹˈɛstɹɪəl], \təɹˈɛstɹɪəl], \t_ə_ɹ_ˈɛ_s_t_ɹ_ɪ__ə_l]\
Definitions of TERRESTRIAL
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
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Of or pertaining to the earth; existing on the earth; earthly; as, terrestrial animals.
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Representing, or consisting of, the earth; as, a terrestrial globe.
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Of or pertaining to the world, or to the present state; sublunary; mundane.
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Consisting of land, in distinction from water; belonging to, or inhabiting, the land or ground, in distinction from trees, water, or the like; as, terrestrial serpents.
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Adapted for the observation of objects on land and on the earth; as, a terrestrial telescope, in distinction from an astronomical telescope.
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An inhabitant of the earth.
By Oddity Software
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Of or pertaining to the earth; existing on the earth; earthly; as, terrestrial animals.
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Representing, or consisting of, the earth; as, a terrestrial globe.
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Of or pertaining to the world, or to the present state; sublunary; mundane.
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Consisting of land, in distinction from water; belonging to, or inhabiting, the land or ground, in distinction from trees, water, or the like; as, terrestrial serpents.
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Adapted for the observation of objects on land and on the earth; as, a terrestrial telescope, in distinction from an astronomical telescope.
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An inhabitant of the earth.
By Noah Webster.
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An inhabitant of the earth.
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Existing on the earth; pert. to the world or the present state; opposed to celestial.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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