tellurian

== English == === Etymology === From Latin tellūs (“earth, ground; the globe, planet Earth; country, land”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- (“ground, bottom”), +‎ -ian (suffix meaning "from, related to, or like" when forming an adjective, or "one from, belonging to, relating to, or like" when forming a noun). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /tɛˈljʊə.ɹɪ.ən/, /tɪ-/, /-ˈljɔː-/ (General American) IPA(key): /tɛˈl(j)ʊ.ɹi.ən/, /tə-/, [tʰəˈlɝː.iː.ɨ̃n] Homophone: tellurion Hyphenation: tel‧lur‧i‧an === Adjective === tellurian (not comparable) (formal or literary) Of or relating to the earth; (specifically, chiefly science fiction) inhabiting planet Earth as opposed to other planets. [from mid 19th c.] Synonyms: earthly, telluric, terrene, terrestrial (astronomy) Of a planet, being composed primarily of silicate rocks or metals; see also terrestrial planet. (mineralogy) Of a mineral: containing tellurium. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === tellurian (plural tellurians) (astronomy, historical) Alternative spelling of tellurion (“instrument used to show how the rotation of the Earth on its axis and its orbit around the Sun cause day and night and the seasons”). (chiefly science fiction) Alternative letter-case form of Tellurian (“inhabitant of the planet Earth”). === Notes === === References === === Further reading === tellurian (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === unliteral