tellurian
1 of 3adjective
tel·lu·ri·an
tə̇|ˈu̇rēən,
te|,
|lˈyu̇-
: of, relating to, or characteristic of the earth
the newly discovered tellurian genus
T. H. Huxley
T. H. Huxleygreat collective forces of instinct, resentment and tellurian inspiration Jacques Maritain
Jacques Maritaintellurian
2 of 3noun (1)
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plural -s
: a dweller on the earth
tellurian
3 of 3noun (2)
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variants or tellurion
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plural -s
: an apparatus to illustrate the causation of day and night by the rotation of the earth on its axis and the dependence of the seasons on the sun's declination
Word History
Etymology
Adjective
tellur- + -ian
Noun (2)
tellurian modification of New Latin tellurion; tellurion, New Latin, from tellur- + Greek -ion, diminutive suffix