telluric
telluric · more telluric · most telluric
Pertaining to the Earth, earthlyPertaining to the Earth, earthly.
» The Solar System has four terrestrial or telluric planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars.
Meaning
2 sensesPertaining to the Earth, earthly.
Containing tellurium in a lower valency than in tellurous compounds.
of or relating to or containing the chemical element tellurium
Examples
1 sentencesThe Solar System has four terrestrial or telluric planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars.
Translations
4 languagesOrigin
A borrowing of French tellurique, from Latin tellus (“earth; earthy”) and Tellus (“Earth,A borrowing of French tellurique, from Latin tellus (“earth; earthy”) and Tellus (“Earth, Gaia”) and -ique (forming adjectives). Subsequently also from tellurium, originally in telluric oxide from German Telluroxyd.
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Forms
more telluric, most telluric| Comparative | more telluric Lesson |
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| Superlative | most telluric Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
4 synonymsClose in meaning
- of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air:tellurianterrestrialterrene
Word family
14 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form