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tellurian

¹

[ te-loo r-ee-uh n ]

/ tɛˈlʊər i ən /

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adjective

of or characteristic of the earth or its inhabitants; terrestrial.

noun

an inhabitant of the earth.

Origin of tellurian

¹

1840–50; < Latin tellūr- (stem of tellūs) earth + -ian

Words nearby tellurian

tellin, telling, telloh, telltale, tellurate, tellurian, telluric, telluric acid, telluride, tellurion, tellurite

Definition for tellurian (2 of 2)

tellurian ²

[ te-loo r-ee-uh n ]

/ tɛˈlʊər i ən /

noun

tellurion.

Example sentences from the Web for tellurian

Truly you have made a notable achievement in science, Tellurian friends, and we congratulate you upon its accomplishment.

Spacehounds of IPC |Edward Elmer Smith
Including the Tellurian and the Margonian, we now have forty-eight regions defined.

The Galaxy Primes |Edward Elmer Smith
Roger is undoubtedly of Tellurian parentage, and the story is that his father was a moon-pirate, his mother a Greek adventuress.

Triplanetary |Edward Elmer Smith
They were asexual: sexless to a degree unapproached by any form of Tellurian life higher than the yeasts.

Triplanetary |Edward Elmer Smith

Jim, what are the Tellurian figures for exactly five hundred miles up?

The Galaxy Primes |Edward Elmer Smith

British Dictionary definitions for tellurian

tellurian

/ (tɛˈlʊərɪən) /

adjective

of or relating to the earth

noun

(esp in science fiction) an inhabitant of the earth

Word Origin for tellurian

C19: from Latin tellūs the earth