terrestrial

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English terrestrialle, from terrestre or Latin terrestris, from terra (“land, earth, ground”), with the suffix -al. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /tɪˈɹɛstɹɪ.əl/ (US) IPA(key): /tɪˈɹɛstɹɪ.əl/, /təˈɹɛstɹɪ.əl/ (Canada) IPA(key): /tɪˈɹɛstɹɪ.əl/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /tɪˈɹestɹɪ.əl/, /təˈɹestɹɪ.əl/ === Noun === terrestrial (plural terrestrials) (botany) A ground-dwelling plant. Alternative letter-case form of Terrestrial (“Inhabitant of Earth”). === Adjective === terrestrial (not comparable) Of, relating to, or inhabiting the land of the Earth or its inhabitants, earthly. Of, relating to, or composed of land or earth. quoted in 2022, C. F. G. Clark, The Curiosities of Dudley and the Black Country […] yet this stone [Cannock] is so Sulphurious and Terrestrial, not fit to make Iron; […] Living or growing in or on land (as opposed to other habitat); not aquatic, etc. (astronomy) Of a planet, being composed primarily of silicate rocks or metals; see also terrestrial planet. Concerned with the world or worldly matters. (Mormonism) Of or pertaining to the second highest degree of glory. (broadcasting) Broadcast using radio waves as opposed to satellite or cable. ==== Synonyms ==== earthly planetary tellurian, telluric, Terran, terrene (of, relating to, or composed of land): land, landly (astronomy: Earth-like): telluric, rocky (concerned with the world): earthly, mundane, sublunary, worldly ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “of, made of, related to, or living or growing on land”): aerial, aquatic, arboreal, epiphytic (antonym(s) of “concerned with the world”): celestial, spiritual ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === “terrestrial”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.