terrestrial
(adjective) operating or living or growing on land
sublunar, sublunary, terrestrial
(adjective) of this earth; “transcendental motives for sublunary actions”; “fleeting sublunary pleasures”; “the nearest to an angelic being that treads this terrestrial ball”
mundane, terrestrial
(adjective) concerned with the world or worldly matters; “mundane affairs”; “he developed an immense terrestrial practicality”
planetary, terrestrial
(adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of the planet Earth or its inhabitants; “planetary rumblings and eructations”- L.C.Eiseley; “the planetary tilt”; “this terrestrial ball”
tellurian, telluric, terrestrial, terrene
(adjective) of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air
Source: WordNet® 3.1
terrestrial (plural terrestrials)
(botany) A ground-dwelling plant.
Alternative letter-case form of Terrestrial
terrestrial (not comparable)
Of, relating to, or inhabiting the land of the Earth or its inhabitants, earthly.
Of, relating to, or composed of land.
Living or growing in or on land (as opposed to other habitat); not aquatic, etc.
(astronomy) Of a planet, being composed primarily of silicate rocks or metals; see also terrestrial planet.
Concerned with the world or worldly matters.
(Mormonism) Of or pertaining to the second highest degree of glory.
(broadcasting) Broadcast using radio waves as opposed to satellite or cable.
• earthly
• planetary
• tellurian, telluric, Terran, terrene
• (of, relating to, or composed of land): land, landly
• (astronomy: Earth-like): telluric, rocky
• (concerned with the world): earthly, mundane, sublunary, worldly
• (of, made of, related to, or living or growing on land): aerial, aquatic, arboreal, epiphytic
• (concerned with the world): celestial, spiritual
• extraterrestrial
• subterrestrial
• superterrestrial
• supraterrestrial
Terrestrial (plural Terrestrials)
An inhabitant of the planet Earth.
• Earthling, Tellurian, Terran, see Earthling
• alien, extraterrestrial, see also extraterrestrial
• Solarian
• Earthgirl, Earthman, Earthwoman
Source: Wiktionary
Ter*res"tri*al, a. Etym: [L. terrestris, from terra the earth. See Terrace.]
1. Of or pertaining to the earth; existing on the earth; earthly; as, terrestrial animals. "Bodies terrestrial." 1 Cor. xv. 40.
2. Representing, or consisting of, the earth; as, a terrestrial globe. "The dark terrestrial ball." Addison.
3. Of or pertaining to the world, or to the present state; sublunary; mundane. Vain labors of terrestrial wit. Spenser. A genius bright and base, Of towering talents, and terrestrial aims. Young.
4. 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. The terrestrial parts of the globe. Woodward.
5. Adapted for the observation of objects on land and on the earth; as, a terrestrial telescope, in distinction from an astronomical telescope.
– Ter*res"tri*al*ly, adv.
– Ter*res"tri*al*ness, n.
Ter*res"tri*al, n.
Definition: An inhabitant of the earth.
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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