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tellurian

adj
/tɛˈljʊə.ɹɪ.ən/UK/tɛˈl(j)ʊ.ɹi.ən/US

Etymology

From Latin tellūs (“earth, ground; the globe, planet Earth; country, land”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- (“ground, bottom”) + -ian (suffix meaning ‘from, related to, or like’ (when forming an adjective), or ‘one from, belonging to, relating to, or like’ (when forming a noun)).

  1. derived from *telh₂-✻ — “ground, bottom”
  2. derived from tellūs — “earth, ground; the globe, planet Earth; country, land”

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to the earth

    Of or relating to the earth; (specifically, chiefly science fiction) inhabiting planet Earth as opposed to other planets.

    • Of peaceful mutual Love, the whole mankind / Shall feel the happy power; joyful scenes / Of earthly bliss, tellurian happiness.

  2. Of a planet, being composed primarily of silicate rocks or metals

    Of a planet, being composed primarily of silicate rocks or metals; see also terrestrial planet.

  3. Of a mineral

    Of a mineral: containing tellurium.

    • The tellurian mineral from Goldfield, Nevada, described originally as goldfieldite by Ransome (1909), was proven to be tellurian tennantite by X-ray powder diffraction (Thompson 1946).
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. Alternative spelling of tellurion (“instrument used to show how the rotation of the Earth…

      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”).

    2. Alternative letter-case form of Tellurian (“inhabitant of the planet Earth”).

      • Friends are not alone in this magnanimity, that likes truth only when it suits them. But among all tellurians or lunarians of my acquaintance, they are distinguished for liking those like them, and liking no others.
      • But it's well that that bunch of tellurians are dead! Our diamond was the cause of that much good for the earth!" Nega slowed her orbital speed, oscillated a bit, and twinkled: "Are all tellurians like those we've met in the last year?"

    3. An inhabitant of the Earth.

      • If any distant world (which may be the case) are so far ahead of us Tellurians in optical resources as to see distinctly through their telescopes all that we do on earth, what is the grandest sight to which we ever treat them?
      • But it's well that that bunch of tellurians are dead! Our diamond was the cause of that much good for the earth!" Nega slowed her orbital speed, oscillated a bit, and twinkled: "Are all tellurians like those we've met in the last year?"

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for tellurian. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA