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tellurian

adjective
tel·​lu·​ri·​an | \ tə̇|ˈu̇rēən, te|, |lˈyu̇-\

Definition of tellurian

 (Entry 1 of 3)

: of, relating to, or characteristic of the earth the newly discovered tellurian genus— T. H. Huxley great collective forces of instinct, resentment and tellurian inspiration— Jacques Maritain

tellurian

noun (1)
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plural -s

Definition of tellurian (Entry 2 of 3)

: a dweller on the earth

tellurian

noun (2)
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variants: or tellurion \ " \
plural -s

Definition of tellurian (Entry 3 of 3)

: an apparatus to illustrate the causation of day and night by the rotation of the earth on its axis and the dependence of the seasons on the sun's declination

History and Etymology for tellurian

Adjective

tellur- + -ian

Noun (2)

tellurian modification of New Latin tellurion; tellurion, New Latin, from tellur- + Greek -ion, diminutive suffix

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