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Meanings of terrestrial in English

Portuguese
telúrico

Of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air.

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        telúrico
        Portuguese
        terrestre
        Catalan
        terrestre
        Spanish
        terrestre

        Of or relating to or characteristic of the planet Earth or its inhabitants.

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              terrestre
              Portuguese
              terrestre
              Catalan
              terrestre
              Spanish
              terrestre

              Operating or living or growing on land.

                    terrestre

                    Of this earth.

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                          Usage of terrestrial in English
                          1
                          Not so long in galactic terms; a quarter century in terrestrial years.
                          Star trek movie tie-in
                          2
                          It concerns what we mean by 'understanding' a system like terrestrial evolution.
                          What does a martian look like?
                          3
                          Several globes in the book come in pairs: one terrestrial, one celestial.
                          Wired
                          4
                          These data suggest a potential route for TTX bioaccumulation in terrestrial systems.
                          Pubmed
                          5
                          In contrast, terrestrial affairs were dominated by the emerging world economic crisis.
                          The Complete Rama Omnibus
                          6
                          Similar terrestrial disruption can be inferred from changes in fossilized plant spores.
                          Wired
                          7
                          An ensemble of terrestrial ecosystem models fail to predict both terms correctly.
                          Pubmed
                          8
                          Global increase in drought occurrences threatens the stability of terrestrial ecosystem functioning.
                          Pubmed
                          9
                          In fact, it is closely allied in its cause to terrestrial magnetism.
                          History of Astronomy
                          10
                          What are the odds of finding terrestrial vegetation this far from Earth?
                          Alien: Covenant
                          11
                          But it will answer fundamental questions about life beyond our terrestrial sphere.
                          Wired
                          12
                          On the side of the terrestrial sphere nothing was to be seen.
                          From the Earth to the Moon; and, Round the Moon
                          13
                          Just as the moon is the pole of our single terrestrial individuality.
                          Fantasia of the Unconscious
                          14
                          There was nothing to see on the side of the terrestrial globe.
                          The Moon-Voyage
                          15
                          We fought always rather for the ideal contentment of this terrestrial existence.
                          Serbia in Light and Darkness / With Preface by the Archbishop of...
                          16
                          Concerns centred on mobiles logging on to terrestrial networks from the air.
                          The Irish Times
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                          Translations for terrestrial
                          Catalan
                          terrestre
                          Spanish
                          terrestre
                          Terrestrial through the time
                          Terrestrial across language varieties
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                          United Kingdom
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