Terrestrial
[tə'restrɪəl] or [tə'rɛstrɪəl]
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to the earth; existing on the earth; earthly; as, terrestrial animals.
(a.) Representing, or consisting of, the earth; as, a terrestrial globe.
(a.) Of or pertaining to the world, or to the present state; sublunary; mundane.
(a.) Consisting of land, in distinction from water; belonging to, or inhabiting, the land or ground, in distinction from trees, water, or the like; as, terrestrial serpents.
(a.) Adapted for the observation of objects on land and on the earth; as, a terrestrial telescope, in distinction from an astronomical telescope.
(n.) An inhabitant of the earth.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Earthly, sublunary, mundane, worldly, terrene.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Earthly, sublunary, worldly, mundane, terrene
ANT:Celestial, infernal, aquatic, aqueous
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Definition
adj. pertaining to or existing on the earth: earthly: living on the ground: representing the earth.—adv. Terres′trially.—n. Terres′trialness.—adj. Terres′trious terrestrial.
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Examples
- Do you feel, yet, that you belong to this terrestrial scheme again, Mr. Darnay? Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- As yet I have not found a single terrestrial animal which can fertilise itself. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- She had not been consulted on the question, any more than on the question of her coming into these terrestrial parts, to want a name. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Therefore these vapours of the sun which were rendered in black lines were so produced by crossing terrestrial vapors of the same nature. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- But seals would not find on oceanic islands the conditions favourable to their gradual reconversion into a terrestrial form. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The Church was to be the ruler of the world over all nations, the divinely led ruling power over a great league of terrestrial states. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It was before this supreme seer that the panorama of terrestrial creation was displayed during a five years' voyage. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- In the Galapagos Arch ipelago he found only one species of terrestrial mammal, a new species of mouse, and that only on the most easterly island of the group. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Turning for a brief space to animals: various terrestrial species are hermaphrodites, such as the land-mollusca and earth-worms; but these all pair. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Although terrestrial mammals do not occur on oceanic islands, aerial mammals do occur on almost every island. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- On my view this question can easily be answered; for no terrestrial mammal can be transported across a wide space of sea, but bats can fly across. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- It was on the basis of scores of experiments of this sort, carried on from about 1582 till 1600, that G ilbert felt justified in concluding that the terrestrial globe is a magnet. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The terrestrial species is confined to the centra l part of the group; it is smaller than the aquatic species, and feeds on cactus, leaves of trees, and berries. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- These brief remarks apply to plants alone; but some few analogous facts could be given in regard to terrestrial animals. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
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