tellurion


tel·lu·ri·on

T0095100 (tĕ-lo͝or′ē-ŏn′) also tel·lu·ri·an (-ən)n. An apparatus that shows how the movement of the earth on its axis and around the sun causes day and night and the seasons.
[New Latin : telluro- + Greek -ion, diminutive suff.]

tellurion

(tɛˈlʊərɪən) or

tellurian

n (Astronomy) an instrument that shows how day and night and the seasons result from the tilt of the earth, its rotation on its axis, and its revolution around the sun[C19: from Latin tellūs the earth]

tel•lu•ri•on

(tɛˈlʊər iˌɒn)

n. an apparatus for showing how the orientation and movement of the earth produce the alternation of day and night and the changes of the seasons. [1825–35; < Latin tellūr-, s. of tellūs earth + Greek -ion diminutive suffix]