terrestrial
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- adjective Of or relating to the earth or its inhabitants.
- adjective Having a worldly, mundane character or quality.
- adjective Of, relating to, or composed of land.
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- In a gravity less than two-fifths terrestrial, the men did not feel weighted down, although they were well burdened. — Starfarers
- The age-progression had extrapolated his height to 170 cm tall, but she overrode the software to 190 cm. — Analog Science Fiction and Fact
- She picked up a folder from an examining table across from David Brandt. — 1st to Die
- "Mis'sion: to survey for potentially habitable worlds and to search for non-terrestrial, extrasolar life. — The Black Hole
- Of happiness terrestrial, and the source — Life And Letters Of John Gay (1685-1732)
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- Middle English, from Latin terrestris, from terra, earth; see ters- in Indo-European roots.
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/ (tə-rĕsˈtrē-əl)/
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