terrestrial en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /təˈɹestɹɪ.əl/ (Australia)
- /tɪˈɹɛstɹɪ.əl/ (Canada)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /tɪˈɹestɹɪ.əl/ (Australia)
- /tɪˈɹɛstɹɪ.əl/ (UK)
- /təˈɹɛstɹɪ.əl/ (US)
- /tɪˈɹɛstɹɪ.əl/ (US)
Etymology
From Middle English terrestrialle, from terrestre or Latin terrestris, from terra (“land, earth, ground”), with the suffix -al.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of or relating to the Earth or its (native) inhabitants.
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.
2013 July 20, “Welcome to the plastisphere”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845, archived from the original on 12 Aug 2013:
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(not-comparable) Of, relating to, or composed of land or earth, as contrasted with bodies of water, with wetlands viewed as semiaquatic environs, or with aerial or space environs.
quoted in 2022, C. F. G. Clark, The Curiosities of Dudley and the Black Country […] yet this stone [Cannock] is so Sulphurious and Terrestrial, not fit to make Iron; […]
Near-synonyms: land (attributive), landbased, landly
Microorganisms are the Cinderellas of terrestrial ecology — the majority of the Earth's biomass, yet barely catalogued.
1997, “Review: Cinderella's house”, in New Scientist, number 2096:
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(not-comparable, of plants) Living or growing in or on land (as opposed to other habitats or substrates).
Typically, tarantulas are either terrestrial or arboreal, but the Chilobrachys natanicharum can live in both enivronments^([sic – meaning environments]), the researchers said, demonstrating its adaptability.
2023 September 26, Hafsa Khalil, “Electric blue tarantula species discovered in Thailand”, in CNN, archived from the original on 06 Oct 2023:a terrestrial plant
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(not-comparable, of a planet) Being composed primarily of silicate rocks or metals, as contrasted with gases, liquified gases, and dust.
a terrestrial planet
Near-synonyms: tellurian, telluric, terrene, Terran, rocky, metallic
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(not-comparable) Concerned with the world or worldly matters.
A genius bright and base, / Of towering talents, and terrestrial aims.
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:Near-synonyms: worldly, sublunary
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(Mormonism, not-comparable) Of or pertaining to the second highest degree of glory.
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.
1974 February, “A Sure Trumpet Sound: Quotations from President Lee”, in Ensign, page 77:Theirs is an everlasting terrestrial inheritance because they rejected the truth when it was offered to them in mortality.
1977 August, Bruce R. McConkie, “A New Commandment: Save Thyself and Thy Kindred!”, in Tambuli, page 5:
- (not-comparable) Broadcast using radio waves as opposed to satellite or cable.
Antonyms
ethereal · celestial · spiritual
Coordinates
arboreal · earthy · epiphytic · extraterrestrial · aquatic · holoepiphytic · aeroterrestrial · earthly · gaseous · out of this world · aerial
Deriveds
terrestriality (Terms derived from terrestrial (adjective)) · terrestrialization (Terms derived from terrestrial (adjective)) · juxtaterrestrial (Terms derived from terrestrial (adjective)) · terrestrialness (Terms derived from terrestrial (adjective)) · terrestrial navigation (Terms derived from terrestrial (adjective)) · terrestrialize (Terms derived from terrestrial (adjective)) · terrestrial guenon (Terms derived from terrestrial (adjective)) · terrestrialism (Terms derived from terrestrial (adjective)) · terrestrial planet (Terms derived from terrestrial (adjective)) · nonterrestrial (Terms derived from terrestrial (adjective)) · terrestrial telescope (Terms derived from terrestrial (adjective)) · extraterrestrial (Terms derived from terrestrial (adjective)) · Terrestrial Dynamical Time (Terms derived from terrestrial (adjective)) · semiterrestrial (Terms derived from terrestrial (adjective)) · terrestrial time (Terms derived from terrestrial (adjective)) · terrestrial albedo (Terms derived from terrestrial (adjective)) · aeroterrestrial (Terms derived from terrestrial (adjective)) · telestial (Terms derived from terrestrial (adjective)) · fluvioterrestrial (Terms derived from terrestrial (adjective)) · unterrestrial (Terms derived from terrestrial (adjective)) · hyperterrestrial (Terms derived from terrestrial (adjective)) · terrestrial branch (Terms derived from terrestrial (adjective)) · intraterrestrial (Terms derived from terrestrial (adjective)) · circumterrestrial (Terms derived from terrestrial (adjective)) · Terrestrial Time (Terms derived from terrestrial (adjective)) · preterrestrial (Terms derived from terrestrial (adjective)) · euterrestrial (Terms derived from terrestrial (adjective)) · ultraterrestrial (Terms derived from terrestrial (adjective)) · terrestrially (Terms derived from terrestrial (adjective)) · limnoterrestrial (Terms derived from terrestrial (adjective))
Synonyms
tellurian · rocky · metallic · earthly · worldly · terrene · sublunary · telluric · Terran · land · landly · landbased
Translations (114)
eo tera (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants) · cy daearol (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants) · tg заминӣ (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants) · ro terestru (living or growing on land; not aquatic) · bg све́тски (concerned with the worldly matters) · de Erd- (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants) · hi लौकिक (concerned with the worldly matters) · sk suchozemský (living or growing on land; not aquatic) · fi maa- (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants) · nn terrestrisk (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants) · ca terrestre (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants) · sk zemský (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants) · cy bydol (concerned with the worldly matters) · nb terrestrisk (living or growing on land; not aquatic) · grc ἐπίγειος (living or growing on land; not aquatic) · be сухапу́тны (living or growing on land; not aquatic) · pl nadziemny (living or growing on land; not aquatic) · pt terrestre (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants) · it terrestre (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants) · eo surtera (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants) · cs zemský (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants) · cmn 陸生 /陆生 (living or growing on land; not aquatic) · de erdähnlich (astronomy: being composed primarily of silicate rocks or metals) · bg назе́мен (broadcast with radio waves) · be зямны́ (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants) · de terrestrisch (astronomy: being composed primarily of silicate rocks or metals) · la terrestris (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants) · hu szárazföldi (living or growing on land; not aquatic) · txb kenätstse (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants) · fi maa- (of, pertaining to, or made of land) · hy ցամաքային (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants) · ru сухопу́тный (living or growing on land; not aquatic) · ro pământesc (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants) · ru све́тский (concerned with the worldly matters) · ru земно́й (of, pertaining to, or made of land) · mi nohowhenua (living or growing on land; not aquatic) · uk назе́мний (living or growing on land; not aquatic) · fa-ira زَمینی (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants) · fi Maan (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants) · ro terestru (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants) · pl ziemski (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants) · hu földi (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants) · fi maa- (broadcast with radio waves) · cy tirol (living or growing on land; not aquatic) · is jarðneskur (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants) · gl terrestre (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants) · hi सांसारिक (concerned with the worldly matters) · hy ցամաքային (living or growing on land; not aquatic) · fi maallinen (concerned with the worldly matters) · de Land- (living or growing on land; not aquatic) · fi maaperän (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants) · sk nadzemný (living or growing on land; not aquatic) · fr terrestre (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants) · pl naziemny (broadcast with radio waves) · nl terrestrisch (living or growing on land; not aquatic) · tl dutain (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants) · bg сухозе́мен (living or growing on land; not aquatic) · da jordisk (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants) · es terrestre (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants) · hi थलीय (of, pertaining to, or made of land) · ru назе́мный (living or growing on land; not aquatic) · cs zemní (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants) · pt térreo (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants) · sl zemeljski (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants) · it terragnolo (living or growing on land; not aquatic) · nn terrestrisk (living or growing on land; not aquatic) · hi पार्थिव (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants) · la terrestris (living or growing on land; not aquatic) · fi maa- (living or growing on land; not aquatic) · ja 陸生の (living or growing on land; not aquatic) · ka სახმელეთო (broadcast with radio waves) · ja 地上の (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants) · de irdisch (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants) · fi maanpäällinen (Mormonism: of or pertaining to the second highest degree of glory) · nb terrestrisk (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants) · tl dalatning (of, pertaining to, or made of land) · uk сухопу́тний (living or growing on land; not aquatic) · el εδαφόβιος (living or growing on land; not aquatic) · da terrestrisk (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants) · uk земни́й (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants) · it terragno (living or growing on land; not aquatic) · ga domhanda (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants) · ro neacvatic (living or growing on land; not aquatic) · el γήινος (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants) · mk земен (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants) · sv jordisk (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants) · sl zemski (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants) · fr terrestre (living or growing on land; not aquatic) · bg зе́мен (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants) · zh 地面電視 /地面电视 (broadcast with radio waves) · cs nadzemní (living or growing on land; not aquatic) · sk zemný (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants) · be сухазе́мны (living or growing on land; not aquatic) · nl aards (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants) · sh зема̀љскӣ (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants) · cmn 地球的 (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants) · hi थलचर (living or growing on land; not aquatic) · cs suchozemský (living or growing on land; not aquatic) · bg сухозе́мен (of, pertaining to, or made of land) · de terrestrisch (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants) · gl terrestre (living or growing on land; not aquatic) · hi थलीय (living or growing on land; not aquatic) · be назе́мны (living or growing on land; not aquatic) · es terrestre (living or growing on land; not aquatic) · ru земно́й (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants) · sh zemàljskī (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants) · pt terrestre (living or growing on land; not aquatic) · hi स्थलीय (of, pertaining to, or made of land) · io terala (of, pertaining to, or made of land) · fi maankaltainen (astronomy: being composed primarily of silicate rocks or metals) · ca terrestre (living or growing on land; not aquatic) · ar أَرْضِيّ (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants) · grc ἐπίγειος (of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants) · it terricolo (living or growing on land; not aquatic)