terrestrial

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: ter=res=tri=al

CIDE DICTIONARY

terrestrial, a. [L. terrestris, from terra the earth. See Terrace.].

•  Of or pertaining to the earth; existing on the earth; earthly; as, terrestrial animals.  1 Cor. xv. 40.  [1913 Webster]
•  Representing, or consisting of, the earth; as, a terrestrial globe.  Addison.  [1913 Webster]
•  Of or pertaining to the world, or to the present state; sublunary; mundane.  [1913 Webster]

  "Vain labors of terrestrial wit."  [1913 Webster]

  "A genius bright and base,
  Of towering talents, and terrestrial aims."  [1913 Webster]
•  Consisting of land, in distinction from water; belonging to, or inhabiting, the land or ground, in distinction from trees, water, or the like; as, terrestrial serpents.  [1913 Webster]

  "The terrestrial parts of the globe."  [1913 Webster]
•  Adapted for the observation of objects on land and on the earth; as, a terrestrial telescope, in distinction from an astronomical telescope.  [1913 Webster]

terrestrial, n. 

 An inhabitant of the earth.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

terrestrial, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 of or on or relating to the earth; earthly.
2 a of or on dry land. b Zool. living on or in the ground (opp. AQUATIC, ARBOREAL, AERIAL). c Bot. growing in the soil (opp. AQUATIC, EPIPHYTIC).
3 Astron. (of a planet) similar in size or composition to the earth.
4 of this world, worldly (terrestrial sins; terrestrial interests).
--n. an inhabitant of the earth.

Idiom

a terrestrial globe a globe representing the earth. the terrestrial globe the earth. terrestrial magnetism the magnetic properties of the earth as a whole. terrestrial telescope a telescope giving an erect image for observation of terrestrial objects.

Derivative

terrestrially adv.

Etymology

ME f. L terrestris f. terra earth

THESAURUS

terrestrial

Cynthian, Philistine, anagalactic, asteroidal, astral, astrologic, astrologistic, astrologous, astronomic, astrophysical, carnal, carnal-minded, celestial, circumplanetary, cislunar, earth, earthbound, earthling, earthly, earthy, empyreal, empyrean, equinoctial, extragalactic, fluvioterrestrial, galactic, geophilous, global, heavenly, heliacal, human, intercosmic, interplanetary, intersidereal, interstellar, lunar, lunary, lunate, lunular, lunulate, material, materialistic, meteoric, meteoritic, mortal, mundane, nebular, nebulose, nebulous, planetal, planetarian, planetary, planetesimal, profane, prosaic, secular, semilunar, sidereal, solar, sphery, star-spangled, star-studded, starry, stellar, stellary, subastral, sublunar, tellurian, telluric, temporal, terraqueous, terrene, unspiritual, uranic, worldly, zodiacal

ROGET THESAURUS

terrestrial

World

N world, creation, nature, universe, earth, globe, wide world, cosmos, kosmos, terraqueous globe, sphere, macrocosm, megacosm, music of the spheres, heavens, sky, welkin, empyrean, starry cope, starry heaven, starry host, firmament, Midgard, supersensible regions, varuna, vault of heaven, canopy of heaven, celestial spaces, heavenly bodies, stars, asteroids, nebulae, galaxy, milky way, galactic circle, via lactea, ame no kawa, sun, orb of day, Apollo, Phoebus, photosphere, chromosphere, solar system, planet, planetoid, comet, satellite, moon, orb of night, Diana, silver-footed queen, aerolite, meteor, planetary ring, falling star, shooting star, meteorite, uranolite, constellation, zodiac, signs of the zodiac, Charles's wain, Big Dipper, Little Dipper, Great Bear, Southern Cross, Orion's belt, Cassiopea's chair, Pleiades, colures, equator, ecliptic, orbit, astronomy, uranography, uranology, cosmology, cosmography, cosmogony, eidouranion, orrery, geodesy, star gazing, star gazer, astronomer, observatory, planetarium, cosmic, cosmical, mundane, terrestrial, terrestrious, terraqueous, terrene, terreous, telluric, earthly, geotic, under the sun, sublunary, subastral, solar, heliacal, lunar, celestial, heavenly, sphery, starry, stellar, sidereal, sideral, astral, nebular, uranic, in all creation, on the face of the globe, here below, under the sun, die Weltgeschichte ist das Weltergesicht, earth is but the frozen echo of the silent voice o, green calm below, blue quietness above, hanging in a golden chain this pendant World, nothing in nature is unbeautiful, silently as a dream the fabric rose, some touch of nature's genial glow, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire, through knowledge we behold the World's creation.