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Definition of Tellural
1. a. Of or pertaining to the earth.
Definition of Tellural
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to the earth. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tellural
1. pertaining to the earth [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tellural
Literary usage of Tellural
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"... mundane, sublunar or sublunary, subastral, terranean (rare), telluric (rare),
tellural (rare). Antonyms: see HEAVENLY. 2. See WORLDLY. territory, n. ..."
2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"99. tellural (tel'u-ral), a. [< L. tellus (tellur-), the earth, + -al.} Of or
pertaining to the earth. ..."
3. Papers of the New Haven Colony Historical Society by New Haven Colony Historical Society (1900)
"... down to the very indefinite and unsatisfactory conclusion that the causes of
these two infectious and contagious diseases were in their nature tellural. ..."
4. A Japanese Grammar by Johann Joseph Hoffmann (1868)
"... toki va yuki to naru (or ndru nari) 5), the accumulated tellural matter of
the heavens and earth. when ..."
5. A History of the Life of Edward the Black Prince: And of Various Events by George Payne Rainsford James (1836)
"These were almost all either of a tellural or atmospherical nature ; but it
appears undoubted that a number of extraordinary phenomena preceded and ..."
6. Forest Culture and Eucalyptus Trees by Ellwood Cooper (1876)
"... if it discloses the chemism of distant worlds, and therewith an applicability
of research, both tellural and sidereal, ever endless and inexhaustible. ..."
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