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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024tel•lu•ri•an1 (te lŏŏr′ē ən),USA pronunciation adj. - of or characteristic of the earth or its inhabitants;
terrestrial.
n. - an inhabitant of the earth.
- Latin tellūr- (stem of tellūs) earth + -ian
- 1840–50
- Astronomytellurion.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: tellurian /tɛˈlʊərɪən/ adj - of or relating to the earth
n - (esp in science fiction) an inhabitant of the earth
Etymology: 19th Century: from Latin tellūs the earth tel•lu•ri•on (te lŏŏr′ē on′),USA pronunciation n. - Astronomyan 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. - Latin tellūr- (stem of tellūs) earth + Greek -ion diminutive suffix
- 1825–35
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: tellurion, tellurian /tɛˈlʊərɪən/ n - 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
Etymology: 19th Century: from Latin tellūs the earth |