terrestrial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɪˈɹɛstɹɪ.əl/
ipa: /tɪˈɹɛstɹɪ.əl/
ipa: /təˈɹɛstɹɪ.əl/
ipa: /tɪˈɹɛstɹɪ.əl/
ipa: /tɪˈɹestɹɪ.əl/
ipa: /təˈɹestɹɪ.əl/
Etymology: From Middle English terrestrialle, from terrestre or Latin terrestris, from terra (“land, earth, ground”), with the suffix -al.
Senses: examples: text: Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field.
ref: 2013 July 20, “Welcome to the plastisphere”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:
glosses: Of, relating to, or inhabiting the land of the Earth or its inhabitants, earthly.
examples: text: Microorganisms are the Cinderellas of terrestrial ecology — the majority of the Earth's biomass, yet barely catalogued.
ref: 1997, “Review: Cinderella's house”, in New Scientist, number 2096:
glosses: Of, relating to, or composed of land.
examples: text: a terrestrial plant
text: Typically, tarantulas are either terrestrial or arboreal, but the Chilobrachys natanicharum can live in both enivronments^([sic]), the researchers said, demonstrating its adaptability.
ref: 2023 September 26, Hafsa Khalil, “Electric blue tarantula species discovered in Thailand”, in CNN:
glosses: Living or growing in or on land (as opposed to other habitat); not aquatic, etc.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Of a planet, being composed primarily of silicate rocks or metals; see also terrestrial planet.
examples: text: A genius bright and base, / Of towering talents, and terrestrial aims.
ref: 1744, [Edward Young], “Night the Sixth. The Infidel Reclaim’d. In Two Parts. Containing, the Nature, Proof, and Importance of Immortality. Part the First. […]”, in The Complaint: Or, Night-Thoughts on Life, Death, and Immortality, London: […] R[obert] Dodsley […], →OCLC, page 14:
glosses: Concerned with the world or worldly matters.
examples: text: We are now living and obeying celestial laws that will make us candidates for celestial glory; or we are living terrestrial laws that will make us candidates for terrestrial glory; or telestial.
ref: 1974 February, “A Sure Trumpet Sound: Quotations from President Lee”, in Ensign, page 77:
text: Theirs is an everlasting terrestrial inheritance because they rejected the truth when it was offered to them in mortality.
ref: 1977 August, Bruce R. McConkie, “A New Commandment: Save Thyself and Thy Kindred!”, in Tambuli, page 5:
glosses: Of or pertaining to the second highest degree of glory.
topics: broadcasting
media
glosses: Broadcast using radio waves as opposed to satellite or cable.
Synonyms: word: earthly
word: planetary
word: tellurian
word: telluric
word: Terran
word: terrene
sense: of, relating to, or composed of land
word: land
sense: of, relating to, or composed of land
word: landly
sense: astronomy: Earth-like
word: telluric
word: rocky
sense: concerned with the world
word: earthly
sense: concerned with the world
word: mundane
sense: concerned with the world
word: sublunary
sense: concerned with the world
word: worldly
Hyponyms: subterrestrial
superterrestrial
supraterrestrial
Derived terms: sense: Terms derived from terrestrial (adjective)
word: aeroterrestrial
sense: Terms derived from terrestrial (adjective)
word: circumterrestrial
sense: Terms derived from terrestrial (adjective)
word: euterrestrial
sense: Terms derived from terrestrial (adjective)
word: extraterrestrial
sense: Terms derived from terrestrial (adjective)
word: fluvioterrestrial
sense: Terms derived from terrestrial (adjective)
word: hyperterrestrial
sense: Terms derived from terrestrial (adjective)
word: intraterrestrial
sense: Terms derived from terrestrial (adjective)
word: juxtaterrestrial
sense: Terms derived from terrestrial (adjective)
word: limnoterrestrial
sense: Terms derived from terrestrial (adjective)
word: nonterrestrial
sense: Terms derived from terrestrial (adjective)
word: preterrestrial
sense: Terms derived from terrestrial (adjective)
word: semiterrestrial
sense: Terms derived from terrestrial (adjective)
word: telestial
sense: Terms derived from terrestrial (adjective)
word: terrestrial albedo
sense: Terms derived from terrestrial (adjective)
word: terrestrial branch
sense: Terms derived from terrestrial (adjective)
word: Terrestrial Dynamical Time
sense: Terms derived from terrestrial (adjective)
word: terrestrial guenon
sense: Terms derived from terrestrial (adjective)
word: terrestrialism
sense: Terms derived from terrestrial (adjective)
word: terrestriality
sense: Terms derived from terrestrial (adjective)
word: terrestrialization
sense: Terms derived from terrestrial (adjective)
word: terrestrialize
sense: Terms derived from terrestrial (adjective)
word: terrestrially
sense: Terms derived from terrestrial (adjective)
word: terrestrial navigation
sense: Terms derived from terrestrial (adjective)
word: terrestrialness
sense: Terms derived from terrestrial (adjective)
word: terrestrial planet
sense: Terms derived from terrestrial (adjective)
word: terrestrial telescope
sense: Terms derived from terrestrial (adjective)
word: terrestrial time
sense: Terms derived from terrestrial (adjective)
word: Terrestrial Time
sense: Terms derived from terrestrial (adjective)
word: ultraterrestrial
sense: Terms derived from terrestrial (adjective)
word: unterrestrial