tellurian, telluric, terrestrial, terrene
(adjective) of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air
tellurian, earthling, earthman, worldling
(noun) an inhabitant of the earth
Source: WordNet® 3.1
tellurian (not comparable)
(formal or literary) Of or relating to the earth; (specifically, chiefly, science fiction) inhabiting planet Earth as opposed to other planets. [from mid 19th c.]
Synonyms: earthly, telluric, terrene, terrestrial
(mineralogy) Of a mineral: containing tellurium.
tellurian (plural tellurians)
(astronomy, historical) Alternative spelling of tellurion (“instrument used to show how the rotation of the Earth on its axis and its orbit around the Sun cause day and night and the seasons”)
(chiefly, science fiction) Alternative letter-case form of Tellurian (“inhabitant of the planet Earth”)
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Tellurian (plural Tellurians)
An inhabitant of the Earth.
Synonyms: Earthling, Terran, Thesaurus:Earthling
Antonyms: alien, extraterrestrial, Thesaurus:extraterrestrial
• Solarian
• Earthgirl
• Earthman
• Earthwoman
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Source: Wiktionary
Tel*lu"ri*an, a. Etym: [L. tellus, -uris, the earth.]
Definition: Of or pertaining to the earth. De Quincey.
Tel*lu"ri*an, n.
1. A dweller on the earth. De Quincey.
2. An instrument for showing the operation of the causes which produce the succession of day and night, and the changes of the seasons. [Written also tellurion.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 February 2025
(noun) (astronomy) position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun)
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