| 单词 | tellurion |
| 释义 | tellurion in British English or tellurian (tɛˈlʊərɪən) noun an instrument that shows how day and night and the seasons result from the tilt of the earth, its rotation on its axis, and its revolution around the sun Word origin C19: from Latin tellūs the earthtellurion in American English (teˈluriˌɑn) noun an apparatus for showing the manner in which the diurnal rotation and annual revolution of the earth and the obliquity of its axis produce the alternation of day and night and the changes of the seasons Also: tellurian Word origin [1825–35; ‹ L tellūr- (s. of tellūs) earth + Gk -ion dim. suffix]This word is first recorded in the period 1825–35. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: archaic, cliché, electrolyte, spiritualism, structural |
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