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  1. adjective Of or relating to the earth or its inhabitants.
  2. adjective Having a worldly, mundane character or quality.
  3. 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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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English, from Latin terrestris, from terra, earth; see ters- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English terrestriall, from Old French terrestrial, from Latin terrestris, of or belonging to the earth (see terrestre), + -al.
 

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/tɛˈrɛstriəl/
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