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

  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 ]

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