Definition of terrestrial

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Terrestrial (a.) Representing, or consisting of, the earth; as, a terrestrial globe..

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Ecliptic :: Ecliptic (a.) A great circle drawn on a terrestrial globe, making an angle of 23ยก 28' with the equator; -- used for illustrating and solving astronomical problems..
Terrestrial :: Terrestrial (a.) Representing, or consisting of, the earth; as, a terrestrial globe..
Mundane :: Mundane (a.) Of or pertaining to the world; worldly; earthly; terrestrial; as, the mundane sphere..
Planaria :: Planaria (n.) Any species of turbellarian worms belonging to Planaria, and many allied genera. The body is usually flat, thin, and smooth. Some species, in warm countries, are terrestrial..
Magnetograph :: Magnetograph (n.) An automatic instrument for registering, by photography or otherwise, the states and variations of any of the terrestrial magnetic elements..
Terrestrious :: Terrestrious (a.) Terrestrial.
Testudo :: Testudo (n.) A genus of tortoises which formerly included a large number of diverse forms, but is now restricted to certain terrestrial species, such as the European land tortoise (Testudo Graeca) and the gopher of the Southern United States..
Terrestre :: Terrestre (a.) Terrestrial; earthly.
Magnetometer :: Magnetometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the intensity of magnetic forces; also, less frequently, an instrument for determining any of the terrestrial magnetic elements, as the dip and declination..
Unearthly :: Unearthly (a.) Not terrestrial; supernatural; preternatural; hence, weird; appalling; terrific; as, an unearthly sight or sound..
Terrestrial :: Terrestrial (n.) An inhabitant of the earth.
Subspecies :: Subsolary (a.) Being under the sun; hence, terrestrial; earthly; mundane..
Cosmosphere :: Cosmosphere (n.) An apparatus for showing the position of the earth, at any given time, with respect to the fixed stars. It consist of a hollow glass globe, on which are depicted the stars and constellations, and within which is a terrestrial globe..
Terrestrial :: Terrestrial (a.) 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..
Slug :: Slug (n.) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial pulmonate mollusks belonging to Limax and several related genera, in which the shell is either small and concealed in the mantle, or altogether wanting. They are closely allied to the land snails..
Gravity :: Gravity (a.) The tendency of a mass of matter toward a center of attraction; esp., the tendency of a body toward the center of the earth; terrestrial gravitation..
Hemisphere :: Hemisphere (n.) Half of the terrestrial globe, or a projection of the same in a map or picture..
Spyism :: Spyglass (n.) A small telescope for viewing distant terrestrial objects.
Supertonic :: Superterrestrial (a.) Being above the earth, or above what belongs to the earth..
Slater :: Slater (n.) Any terrestrial isopod crustacean of the genus Porcellio and allied genera; a sow bug.
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