tellurian

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adjective

tel·​lu·​ri·​an

tə̇|ˈu̇rēən,

te|,

|lˈyu̇-

: of, relating to, or characteristic of the earth

the newly discovered tellurian genus

—T. H. Huxley

great collective forces of instinct, resentment and tellurian inspiration

—Jacques Maritain

tellurian

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noun (1)

"

plural -s

: a dweller on the earth

tellurian

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noun (2)

"

variants or tellurion

"

plural -s

: an apparatus to illustrate the causation of day and night by the rotation of the earth on its axis and the dependence of the seasons on the sun's declination

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

tellur- + -ian

Noun (2)

tellurian modification of New Latin tellurion; tellurion, New Latin, from tellur- + Greek -ion, diminutive suffix

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