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Antonyms for tellurian

Grammar : Adj
Spell : te-loo r-ee-uh n
Phonetic Transcription : tɛˈlʊər i ən

Definition of tellurian

Origin :
  • "pertaining to the earth," 1846, from Latin tellus (genitive telluris) "earth," from PIE root *tel- "ground, floor" (cf. Lithuanian telinat "spread out, flat," Sanskrit talam "plain, sole of the foot," Old Church Slavonic tilo "floor," Greek telia "dice board," Old Irish talam "earth," Old Norse þilja "plank"). The chemical telluride is attested from 1849.
  • adj earthly
Example sentences :
  • As an old Tellurian saying hath it, 'you're altogether too big for your britches.'
  • Extract from : « The Galaxy Primes » by Edward Elmer Smith
  • Jim, what are the Tellurian figures for exactly five hundred miles up?
  • Extract from : « The Galaxy Primes » by Edward Elmer Smith
  • Garlock and Belle began systematically to explore the Tellurian Region.
  • Extract from : « The Galaxy Primes » by Edward Elmer Smith
  • Roger is undoubtedly of Tellurian parentage, and the story is that his father was a moon-pirate, his mother a Greek adventuress.
  • Extract from : « Triplanetary » by Edward Elmer Smith
  • Another Arpalone appeared, indistinguishable to Tellurian eyes from any one of the others.
  • Extract from : « The Galaxy Primes » by Edward Elmer Smith
  • She appeared to be about twenty years—Tellurian equivalent—old; he was probably twenty-three or twenty-four.
  • Extract from : « The Galaxy Primes » by Edward Elmer Smith
  • Including the Tellurian and the Margonian, we now have forty-eight regions defined.
  • Extract from : « The Galaxy Primes » by Edward Elmer Smith
  • Truly you have made a notable achievement in science, Tellurian friends, and we congratulate you upon its accomplishment.
  • Extract from : « Spacehounds of IPC » by Edward Elmer Smith
  • They were asexual: sexless to a degree unapproached by any form of Tellurian life higher than the yeasts.
  • Extract from : « Triplanetary » by Edward Elmer Smith

Synonyms for tellurian

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