terrestrialter‧res‧tri‧al /təˈrestriəl/ adjective [usually before noun] technical 
Word Origin
Word OriginWORD ORIGINterrestrial
ExamplesOrigin:
1300-1400 Latin terrestris, from terra; ➔ TERRACEEXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
word sets- A statistical analysis based on this data suggests that well over half the stars are being orbited by rocky terrestrial material.
- Development of this approach in experimental closed ecosystems promises big terrestrial payoffs from this form of space biotechnology.
- Information from the planetary probes indicates that all the terrestrial planets have undergone differentiation, but they have followed different evolutionary paths.
- Migrating continents I have proposed four simple distributional patterns for both marine and terrestrial animals which involve changes in time.
- Rain forests are home to numerous species, terrestrial and epiphytes.
- Such terrestrial plants could certainly cause harm the water quality.
- The cometary events responsible for these multiple episodes of fragmentation are clearly important to the terrestrial planets.
- The incorporation of the gorilla male into a more-or-less permanent party is probably associated with certain benefits in relation to the terrestrial feeding niche.
WORD SETS► Astronomy
Collocationsasteroid, nounastro-, prefixastronaut, nounastronomical, adjectiveastronomy, nounastrophysics, nounAU, aurora borealis, nounBig Bang, the, nounblack hole, nouncelestial, adjectivecomet, nounconstellation, nouncorona, nouncosmic, adjectivecosmic ray, nouncosmology, nouncosmonaut, noundead, adjectiveearth, nouneclipse, nouneclipse, verbecliptic, nounequinox, nounescape velocity, nounextraterrestrial, adjectivegalactic, adjectivegalaxy, noungeostationary orbit, nounHubble Space Telescope, the, infinity, nounintergalactic, adjectiveinterplanetary, adjectiveinterstellar, adjectiveJupiter, nounlaunch, verblaunch, nounlight year, nounLittle Bear, lunar, adjectivelunar month, nounmagnitude, nounMars, nounMercury, nounmeteor, nounmeteoric, adjectivemeteorite, nounMilky Way, the, month, nounmoon, nounmorning star, nounNASA, nounnebula, nounNeptune, nounnew moon, nounnova, nounobservatory, nounorbit, verborbit, nounorbiter, nounouter space, nounphase, nounplanet, nounplanetarium, nounplasma, nounPluto, nounquadrant, nounquarter, nounquasar, nounradio telescope, nounring, nounrocket, nounsatellite, nounSaturn, nounsea, nounshooting star, nounsolar, adjectivesolar system, nounspace, nounspace capsule, nounspacecraft, nounspace probe, nounspaceship, nounspace shuttle, nounspace station, nounstar, nounstargazer, nounsteady state theory, nounstellar, adjectivesun, nounsunspot, nounsupernova, nountelescope, nountelescopic, adjectiveterrestrial, adjectiveUranus, nounVenus, nounwane, verbwax, verbwhite dwarf, nounworld, nounzenith, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a terrestrial channel
1relating to the Earth rather than to the Moon or other planets → extraterrestrial22living on or relating to land rather than water3terrestrial TV/broadcasting/channels etc British English TV etc that is broadcast from the Earth rather than from a satellite (=not using satellite)· Channel 5 is the newest terrestrial channel in the UK.
► terrestrial television British English (=television that is not broadcast using a satellite or cable)· Many of these matches are not available on terrestrial television.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► planet· There are three main ways in which the terrestrial planets could have acquired their volatiles.· The inner edge of the belt, the part closest to Mars and the other terrestrial planets, is compositionally complex.· Finally, Mercury and the Moon may be much less thoroughly outgassed than the other terrestrial planets.· The most likely fate is to collide with one of the terrestrial planets.· Through all these means small bodies can bring to the terrestrial planets volatiles in sufficient abundance to match the observations.· This astonishing discovery of polar ice on Mercury makes it clear that impacts play a major role on all the terrestrial planets.· The mean density of Mercury indicates that its interior is substantially different from the interiors of the other terrestrial planets.· Thus the four terrestrial planets are all affected in important but very different ways by comet and asteroid impacts.