American English pronunciation
How to pronounce terrestrial
IPA transcription: [tɚ'ɛstɹiəl]
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Adjective
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of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air
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of or relating to or characteristic of the planet Earth or its inhabitants; - L.C.Eiseley
“planetary rumblings and eructations”
“the planetary tilt”
“this terrestrial ball”
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operating or living or growing on land
Adjective
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concerned with the world or worldly matters
“mundane affairs”
“he developed an immense terrestrial practicality”
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of this earth
“transcendental motives for sublunary actions”
“fleeting sublunary pleasures”
“the nearest to an angelic being that treads this terrestrial ball”
Usage examples
- The crash of the UFO shows that extraterrestrials are also vulnerable.
- The crash of the UFO shows that extraterrestrials are also vulnerable.
- The crash of the UFO shows that extraterrestrials are also vulnerable.
- It has acquired such a status due to its marine and terrestrial biology.
- These channels are delivered by cable television, direct-broadcast satellite or digital terrestrial television.
- Nusku is the symbol of the heavenly as well as of the terrestrial fire.
- Three terrestrial ecoregions cover the delta.
- The crash of the UFO shows that extraterrestrials are also vulnerable.
- Westlink is additionally rebroadcast terrestrially in Bunbury and Albany.
- The crash of the UFO shows that extraterrestrials are also vulnerable.