terrestrial

CEFRC1

/tɪˈɹɛstɹɪ.əl/

adjective · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Related to Earth or living on land.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Alternative letter-case form of Terrestrial (“Inhabitant of Earth”).

Examples

  • Pigeons can use the terrestrial magnetic field to find their way home.

  • The earth, because of its shape, is called the terrestrial globe.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /tɪˈɹestɹɪ.əl/

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Of, relating to, or inhabiting the land of the Earth or its inhabitants, earthly.

  2. Of, relating to, or composed of land or earth.

noun

Extra meaning

  1. A ground-dwelling plant.

More examples

In context

  • The Solar System has four terrestrial or telluric planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars.

  • quoted in 2022, C. F. G. Clark, The Curiosities of Dudley and the Black Country […] yet this stone [Cannock] is so Sulphurious and Terrestrial, not fit to make Iron; […]

  • a terrestrial plant

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Origin

adjective

From Middle English terrestrialle, from terrestre or Latin terrestris, from terra (“land, earth, ground”), with the suffix -al.