Definition of telluric in English:
telluric
adjective tɛˈljʊərɪktəˈlʊrɪk
1Of the earth as a planet.
Example sentencesExamples
- It became increasingly obvious that this was the secret of the ancients - they used this natural telluric energy, focusing it in certain places, for their own purposes.
- These stones, or these steeples, are working in tandem with the earth's telluric energies coming up from the wells.
- Let's see, and we also call this period the Anthropogene, the era in which mankind's activities became a ‘new telluric force which in power and universality may be compared to the greater forces of earth’.
- Yet Hepworth consistently professed a Romantic attitude of emotional affinity with nature, speaking of carving both as a ‘biological necessity’ and as an ‘extension of the telluric forces which mould the landscape’.
- The aim was to detect long-term abnormal changes of the telluric field, which were possibly related to imbedding earthquakes.
- 1.1 Of the soil.
Example sentencesExamples
- I do not experiment with telluric energies or sacred geometry.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from Latin tellus, tellur- 'earth' + -ic.
Rhymes
Rurik, sulphuric (US sulfuric), Zürich
Definition of telluric in US English:
telluric
adjectivetəˈlo͝oriktəˈlʊrɪk
1Of the earth as a planet.
Example sentencesExamples
- It became increasingly obvious that this was the secret of the ancients - they used this natural telluric energy, focusing it in certain places, for their own purposes.
- Yet Hepworth consistently professed a Romantic attitude of emotional affinity with nature, speaking of carving both as a ‘biological necessity’ and as an ‘extension of the telluric forces which mould the landscape’.
- These stones, or these steeples, are working in tandem with the earth's telluric energies coming up from the wells.
- Let's see, and we also call this period the Anthropogene, the era in which mankind's activities became a ‘new telluric force which in power and universality may be compared to the greater forces of earth’.
- The aim was to detect long-term abnormal changes of the telluric field, which were possibly related to imbedding earthquakes.
- 1.1 Of the soil.
Example sentencesExamples
- I do not experiment with telluric energies or sacred geometry.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from Latin tellus, tellur- ‘earth’ + -ic.