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Definition of Tellurian
1. Adjective. Of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air.
2. Noun. An inhabitant of the earth.
Generic synonyms: Denizen, Dweller, Habitant, Indweller, Inhabitant
Derivative terms: Earth
Definition of Tellurian
1. a. Of or pertaining to the earth.
2. n. A dweller on the earth.
Definition of Tellurian
1. Adjective. Of or relating to, or inhabiting the Earth. ¹
2. Adjective. (minerology) Describing minerals containing tellurium. ¹
3. Noun. An inhabitant of the Earth. ¹
4. Noun. (alternative spelling of tellurion) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tellurian
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tellurian
Literary usage of Tellurian
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Researches Into the Physical History of Mankind by James Cowles Prichard (1851)
"Concluding Remarks on the distribution of tellurian Animals. The preceding facts
relating to the distribution of species afford some results which deserve ..."
2. School Architecture, Or, Contributions to the Improvement of Schoolhouses in by Henry Barnard (1854)
"The tellurian is designed to illustrate all the phenomena resulting from the ...
tellurian. The Planetarium or Orrery, gives the proportionate size and ..."
3. School-houses by James Johonnot, S. E. Hewes (1871)
"The following articles would be found useful and convenient: a tellurian to
illustrate the revolutions of the earth and its relation to the sun and moon, ..."
4. The Teacher's Guide to Illustration: A Manual to Accompany Holbrook's School by Franklin C. Brownell (1861)
"All these phenomena may be explained by the use of the tellurian, with a clearness
and simplicity that bring them within the comprehension of a child. ..."
5. School Architecture, Or, Contributions to the Improvement of School-houses by Henry Barnard (1860)
"Electrical Flyer and tellurian. Electrical Sportsman, Jar and Birds. Mahogany Thunder
House and ... tellurian ..."
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