tellurion
An instrument used to show how the rotation of the Earth on its axis and its orbit…An instrument used to show how the rotation of the Earth on its axis and its orbit around the Sun cause day and night and the seasons.
Meaning
1 senses(historical)An instrument used to show how the rotation of the Earth on its axis and its orbit around the Sun cause day and night and the seasons.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From Latin tellūs (“earth, ground; the globe, planet Earth; country, land”) (ultimately frFrom Latin tellūs (“earth, ground; the globe, planet Earth; country, land”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- (“ground, bottom”) + -ion (a Latinate suffix used in place of -ian (suffix meaning ‘one from, belonging to, relating to, or like’)), possibly coined by Benjamin Martin (baptized 1705; died 1782), an English lecturer, lexicographer, and maker of scientific instruments: see the quotation. Piecewise doublet of tellurium.
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Forms
plural: tellurions| Singular | tellurion |
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