telluric

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In yet another way the same forces function as movers and stirrers of the macro-telluric processes of the earth, and beyond this of the happenings in the body of our planetary system, including the movements of the various planets.

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  1. adjective Of or relating to Earth; terrestrial.
  2. adjective Derived from or containing tellurium, especially with valence 6.

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  • In essence, Tesla's global power grid was designed to "pump" the planet with electricity which would intermingle with the natural telluric currents that move throughout the Earth's crust and oceans. —  Damn Interesting
  • But then, it's two months till the next Heartland potlatch, so stay tuned telluric currents fans-they're still out there. —  RealClimate
  • • These modalities demonstrate the interference established between the bioluminescent field of the body / organ / cell tissue and other stimuli: cosmic, telluric, biological, technological, etc. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • The same thing may be observed in children who are just beginning to talk Rhythm, or the graduated and alternate action and reaction with which a vibration begins and ends, is a universal law in the manifestation and movements of all natural phenomena; a law which is revealed on a grand scale in all the recurring periods of nature, whether astral, telluric, or meteorological, as well as in the form and manifold phases of organisms and their modes of reproduction. —  Myth and Science An Essay
  • We are not, it appears to me, more justified in applying the term telluric to the nickel and iron, the olivine and pyroxene (augite), found in meteoric stones, than in indicating the German plants which I found beyond the Obi as European species of the flora of Northern Asia. —  COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1
 

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  1. = French tellurique = Spanish telúrico, from Latin tellus (tellur-), the earth.
 

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