terrestrial

See also:Terrestrial

English

Etymology

FromMiddle Englishterrestrialle,fromterrestreorLatinterrestris,fromterra(“land, earth, ground”),with the suffix-al.

Pronunciation

• (UK)IPA^(key):/tɪˈɹɛstɹɪ.əl/

  • Audio(Southern England):

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• (US)IPA^(key):/tɪˈɹɛstɹɪ.əl/,/təˈɹɛstɹɪ.əl/
• (Canada)IPA^(key):/tɪˈɹɛstɹɪ.əl/
• (General Australian)IPA^(key):/tɪˈɹestɹɪ.əl/,/təˈɹestɹɪ.əl/

Noun

terrestrial(pluralterrestrials)

1. (botany)Aground-dwellingplant.
2. Alternativeletter-caseform ofTerrestrial

Adjective

terrestrial(notcomparable)

1. Of, relating to, or inhabiting the land of theEarthor its inhabitants,earthly.
   • 2013July 20, “Welcome to the plastisphere”,inThe Economist,volume408,number8845:

     Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene.Terrestrialbacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field.

2. Of, relating to, or composed of land.
   • 1997,“Review: Cinderella's house”, inNew Scientist,number2096:

     Microorganisms are the Cinderellas ofterrestrialecology — the majority of the Earth's biomass, yet barely catalogued.

4. Living or growing in or on land (as opposed to other habitat); notaquatic,etc.

   aterrestrialplant

5. (astronomy)Of aplanet,being composed primarily of silicate rocks or metals; see alsoterrestrial planet.
6. Concerned with the world orworldlymatters.
   • 1744,[Edward Young], “Night the Sixth. The Infidel Reclaim’d. In Two Parts. Containing, the Nature, Proof, and Importance of Immortality. Part the First.[…]”,inThe Complaint: Or, Night-Thoughts on Life, Death, and Immortality,London:[…]R[obert]Dodsley[…],→OCLC,page14:

     A genius bright and base, / Of towering talents, andterrestrialaims.

7. (Mormonism)Of or pertaining to the second highestdegree of glory.
   • 1974February, “A Sure Trumpet Sound: Quotations from President Lee”, inEnsign‎^[1],page77:

     We are now living and obeying celestial laws that will make us candidates for celestial glory; or we are livingterrestriallaws that will make us candidates forterrestrialglory; or telestial.

   • 1977August, Bruce R. McConkie, “A New Commandment: Save Thyself and Thy Kindred!”, inTambuli‎^[2],page 5:

     Theirs is an everlastingterrestrialinheritance because they rejected the truth when it was offered to them in mortality.

8. (broadcasting)Broadcast using radio waves as opposed tosatelliteorcable.

Synonyms

• earthly
• planetary
• tellurian,telluric,Terran,terrene
• (of, relating to, or composed of land):land,landly
• (astronomy: Earth-like):telluric,rocky
• (concerned with the world):earthly,mundane,sublunary,worldly

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of“of, made of, related to, or living or growing on land”):aerial,aquatic,arboreal,epiphytic
• (antonym(s) of“concerned with the world”):celestial,spiritual

Hyponyms

• subterrestrial
• superterrestrial
• supraterrestrial

Derived terms

Terms derived fromterrestrial(adjective)

• extraterrestrial
• terrestrial albedo
• terrestrial branch
• Terrestrial Dynamical Time
• terrestrially
• terrestrial navigation
• terrestrial planet
• terrestrial telescope
• Terrestrial Time
• terrestrial time
• unterrestrial

Related terms

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ters-(0 c, 37 e)

Translations

of, relating to, or inhabiting the Earth or its inhabitants

• Arabic:أَرْضِيّ(ʔarḍiyy)
• Armenian:ցամաքային(hy)(cʻamakʻayin)
• Belarusian:зямны́(zjamný)
• Bulgarian:зе́мен(bg)(zémen)
• Catalan:terrestre(ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Địa cầu đích(zh)(dìqiú de)

• Czech:zemní(cs),zemský(cs)
• Danish:jordisk(da),terrestrisk
• Dutch:aards(nl)
• Esperanto:tera
• Finnish:maa-(fi),maaperän(fi),Maan(fi)
• French:terrestre(fr)
• Galician:terrestre(gl)morf
• German:irdisch(de),terrestrisch(de),Erd-(de)
• Greek:γήινος(el)(gíinos)

  Ancient:ἐπίγειος(epígeios)

• Hungarian:please add this translation if you can
• Icelandic:please add this translation if you can
• Irish:domhanda
• Italian:terrestre(it)
• Japanese:please add this translation if you can
• Latin:terrestris(la)
• Macedonian:земен(zemen)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål:terrestrisk

  Nynorsk:terrestrisk

• Persian:زمینی(fa)(zamini)
• Polish:ziemski(pl)
• Portuguese:terrestre(pt),térreo(pt)
• Romanian:terestru(ro),pământesc(ro)
• Russian:земно́й(ru)(zemnój)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic:зема̀љскӣ

  Roman:zemàljskī(sh)

• Slovak:zemný,zemský(sk)
• Slovene:zemski,zemeljski
• Spanish:terrestre(es)
• Swedish:jordisk(sv)
• Tagalog:dutain
• Tocharian B:kenätstse
• Ukrainian:земни́й(zemnýj)
• Welsh:daearol(cy)

of, pertaining to, or made of land

• Bulgarian:сухозе́мен(suhozémen)
• Finnish:maa-(fi)
• Ido:terala(io)
• Russian:земно́й(ru)(zemnój)
• Tagalog:dalatning

living or growing on land; not aquatic

• Armenian:ցամաքային(hy)(cʻamakʻayin)
• Belarusian:назе́мны(nazjémny),сухазе́мны(suxazjémny),сухапу́тны(suxapútny)
• Bulgarian:сухозе́мен(suhozémen)
• Catalan:terrestre(ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Lục sinh／Lục sinh(zh)(lùshēng)

• Czech:suchozemský(cs),nadzemní(cs)
• Dutch:terrestrisch(nl)
• Finnish:maa-(fi)
• French:terrestre(fr)morf
• Galician:terrestre(gl)morf
• German:Land-(de)
• Greek:

  Ancient:ἐπίγειος(epígeios)

• Hungarian:szárazföldi(hu)
• Italian:terragnolo,terricolo(it),terragno
• Japanese:Lục sinh の(ja)(りくせい, rikusei)
• Latin:terrestris(la)
• Maori:nohowhenua
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål:terrestrisk

  Nynorsk:terrestrisk

• Polish:nadziemny(pl)
• Portuguese:terrestre(pt)
• Romanian:terestru(ro),neacvatic
• Russian:назе́мный(ru)(nazémnyj),сухопу́тный(ru)(suxopútnyj)
• Slovak:suchozemský,nadzemný
• Spanish:terrestre(es)
• Ukrainian:назе́мний(uk)(nazémnyj),сухопу́тний(suxopútnyj)
• Welsh:tirol

astronomy: being composed primarily of silicate rocks or metals

• Finnish:maankaltainen(fi)
• German:terrestrisch(de),erdähnlich(de)

concerned with the worldly matters

• Bulgarian:све́тски(bg)(svétski)
• Finnish:maallinen(fi)
• Russian:све́тский(ru)(svétskij)
• Welsh:bydol(cy)

Mormonism: of or pertaining to the second highest degree of glory

• Finnish:maanpäällinen(fi)

broadcast with radio waves

• Bulgarian:назе́мен(nazémen)
• Chinese:Địa diện điện thị／Địa diện điện thị(dìmìan dìanshì)
• Finnish:maa-(fi)
• Polish:naziemny(pl)

Further reading

• “terrestrial”,inOneLook Dictionary Search.