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Synonyms for terrestrial
təˈrɛs tri əlter·res·tri·al
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terrestrialnoun
terrestrialadjective
An inhabitant of the planet Earth.
Synonyms:
Earthman, planetary, landAdjective, tellurian, Terran, sublunary, earthly, worldly, mundane, telluric, Earthwoman, earthling, terreneterrestrialadjective
A ground-dwelling plant.
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earthly, sublunary, landAdjective, terrene, Terran, planetary, mundane, worldly, telluric, tellurianAntonyms:
aerialterrestrialadjective
Living or growing in or on land (as opposed to other habitat); not aquatic, etc.
a terrestrial plant
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planetary, worldly, telluric, tellurian, earthly, terrene, Terran, sublunary, mundane, landAdjectiveterrestrialadjective
Concerned with the world or worldly matters.
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earthly, tellurian, sublunary, terrene, Terran, telluric, mundane, worldly, planetary, landAdjectiveterrestrialadjective
Of or pertaining to the second highest degree of glory.
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terrene, earthly, sublunary, Terran, worldly, mundane, landAdjective, tellurian, planetary, telluricterrestrialadjective
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
tellurian, telluric, terrestrial, terreneadjective
of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air
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mundane, sublunary, planetary, terrene, tellurian, sublunar, telluricAntonyms:
semiaquatic, marine, heavenly, underwater, subaqueous, subaquatic, submerged, amphibious, aquatic, amphibiotic, submersed, unworldlyplanetary, terrestrialadjective
of or relating to or characteristic of the planet Earth or its inhabitants
"planetary rumblings and eructations"- L.C.Eiseley ; "the planetary tilt"; "this terrestrial ball"
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wandering, sublunary, world(a), planetary, world-wide, global, tellurian, mundane, terrene, worldwide, erratic, telluric, sublunar, planetalAntonyms:
unworldly, aquatic, submersed, subaquatic, amphibiotic, semiaquatic, submerged, amphibious, heavenly, subaqueous, underwater, marineterrestrialadjective
operating or living or growing on land
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planetary, tellurian, sublunar, mundane, telluric, sublunary, terreneAntonyms:
semiaquatic, unworldly, subaquatic, submersed, amphibious, underwater, submerged, amphibiotic, subaqueous, aquatic, marine, heavenlymundane, terrestrialadjective
concerned with the world or worldly matters
"mundane affairs"; "he developed an immense terrestrial practicality"
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mundane, telluric, sublunary, sublunar, planetary, terrene, unremarkable, routine, quotidian, tellurian, workaday, everydayAntonyms:
marine, subaquatic, underwater, semiaquatic, subaqueous, submerged, aquatic, submersed, amphibious, amphibiotic, unworldly, heavenlysublunar, sublunary, terrestrialadjective
of this earth
"transcendental motives for sublunary actions"; "fleeting sublunary pleasures"; "the nearest to an angelic being that treads this terrestrial ball"
Synonyms:
mundane, sublunary, planetary, terrene, tellurian, sublunar, telluric, cislunarAntonyms:
subaqueous, subaquatic, submerged, marine, heavenly, semiaquatic, aquatic, amphibiotic, unworldly, amphibious, submersed, underwater
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PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "terrestrial":
land, land-based, ground, ground-based, earth, onshore, overland, earthly, shore-based, earth-based, inland, on-land
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#773 | land | |
#857 | global | |
#1325 | worldwide | |
#1333 | earth | |
#1346 | ground | |
#4394 | everyday | |
#5269 | routine | |
#10017 | inland | |
#12183 | planetary | |
#13732 | terrestrial | |
#14063 | overland | |
#16012 | wandering | |
#22821 | earthly | |
#24522 | mundane | |
#24763 | worldly | |
#31949 | erratic | |
#33283 | onshore | |
#47720 | terran | |
#62954 | unremarkable | |
#99957 | earthling | |
#110840 | quotidian | |
#112012 | earthman | |
#160128 | workaday | |
#221064 | tellurian | |
#277843 | telluric |
How to use terrestrial in a sentence?
There is clearly ongoing tension between the U.S. and Russia, in space but also on the ground. The Russian annexation of Crimea, its support for little green men in eastern Ukraine, its pressure on Georgia and the Baltic states, all indicate that its relations with the West will remain tense for the foreseeable future, space reflects terrestrial tensions, and it is likely that there will be further tests of new Russian weapons, as they would want to neutralize the American space advantage in any conflict.
We see that same pattern in the fossil record of terrestrial carnivores, for instance, you see a' cat-like' predator arise many different times before you get the modern radiation of cats. This kind of repeated evolution of similar ecologies is the basis of so many studies of how evolution works in the long term.
We intend to spin the technologies developed for the terrestrial RoboSimian back out to applications in space, these tasks include assembly and maintenance of orbital structures; exploration of low-gravity bodies like asteroids, comets, and moons; exploration of caves and cliffs on Mars or our moon; and even preconstruction of habitats wherever humans care to venture in the solar system.
We have directly witnessed the formation of so-called stardust, the dust expelled from cool evolved stars, such as the ejection we've just witnessed, could go on to become the building blocks of terrestrial planets and life.
The non-invasive nature of this approach makes it particularly valuable for observing vulnerable or endangered species as well as those in hard-to-reach environments, such as caves and burrows. They do not have to be visible for us to know they are in the area if we can pick up traces of their DNA, literally out of thin air, air sampling could revolutionise terrestrial biomonitoring and provide new opportunities to track the composition of animal communities as well as detect invasion of non-native species.
Translations for terrestrial
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- terrestreCatalan, Valencian
- suchozemskýCzech
- jordbaseredeDanish
- terrestrisch, irdisch, LandGerman
- γήινοςGreek
- teraEsperanto
- terrestreSpanish
- زمینیPersian
- maa, maanpäällinenFinnish
- terrestreFrench
- domhandaIrish
- लौकिकHindi
- szárazföldiHungarian
- terestrialIndonesian
- teralaIdo
- terrestreItalian
- 陸生Japanese
- ಭೂಮಂಡಲKannada
- terrestrium:Latin
- aardsDutch
- bakkenettNorwegian
- naziemny, nadziemny, ziemskiPolish
- térreo, terrestrePortuguese
- terestru, neacvaticRomanian
- наземный, сухопутный, земнойRussian
- markbundnaSwedish
- நிலப்பரப்புTamil
- زمینی جسموںUrdu
- 陆生Chinese
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