Found 2 items, similar to Terrestrial.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: terrestrial terrestrial adj 1: of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air [syn: tellurian, telluric, terrene] 2: of or relating to or characteristic of the planet Earth or its inhabitants; “planetary rumblings and eructations”- L.C.Eiseley ; “the planetary tilt”; “this terrestrial ball” [syn: planetary] 3: operating or living or growing on land [syn: land(a)] [ant: amphibious, aquatic] 4: concerned with the world or worldly matters; “mundane affairs”; “he developed an immense terrestrial practicality” [syn: mundane] 5: of this earth; “transcendental motives for sublunary actions”; “fleeting sublunary pleasures”; “the nearest to an angelic being that treads this terrestrial ball” [syn: sublunar, sublunary]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Terrestrial Terrestrial \Ter*res"tri*al\, n. An inhabitant of the earth. [1913 Webster] Terrestrial \Ter*res"tri*al\, a. [L. terrestris, from terra the earth. See Terrace.] 1. Of or pertaining to the earth; existing on the earth; earthly; as, terrestrial animals. “Bodies terrestrial.” --1 Cor. xv. 40. [1913 Webster] 2. Representing, or consisting of, the earth; as, a terrestrial globe. “The dark terrestrial ball.” --Addison. [1913 Webster] 3. Of or pertaining to the world, or to the present state; sublunary; mundane. [1913 Webster] Vain labors of terrestrial wit. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] A genius bright and base, Of towering talents, and terrestrial aims. --Young. [1913 Webster] 4. Consisting of land, in distinction from water; belonging to, or inhabiting, the land or ground, in distinction from trees, water, or the like; as, terrestrial serpents. [1913 Webster] The terrestrial parts of the globe. --Woodward. [1913 Webster] 5. Adapted for the observation of objects on land and on the earth; as, a terrestrial telescope, in distinction from an astronomical telescope. [1913 Webster] -- Ter*res"tri*al*ly, adv. -- Ter*res"tri*al*ness, n. [1913 Webster]