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preterrestrial

adj

Etymology

From pre- + terrestrial.

  1. derived from terrestris
  2. inherited from terrestrialle
  3. prefixed as preterrestrial — “pre + terrestrial”

Definitions

  1. Prior to the formation of Earth

    • The System of the World of Laplace is the history of a preterrestrial era, the history of the world before the formation of the planet Earth, or if one prefers, of the Earth in its unity with the Sun.

  2. Occurring prior to a meteorite's impact with Earth

    • A plagioclase glass in some chondrites and irons formed by preterrestrial impact between meteorites in space.

The neighborhood

Derived

preterrestrially

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for preterrestrial. 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