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− | [[Image:lighterstill.jpg]] | + | [[Image:lighterstill.jpg]][[Image:EarthlikePlanet-tm_2.jpg|right|frame|<center>[http://www.anthonares.net/2006/02/terrestrial-planet-finder-the-most-important-space-mission-nasa-should-not-fund.html An Earthlike planet</center>]]] |
− | [[Image:EarthlikePlanet-tm_2.jpg|right|frame|<center>[http://www.anthonares.net/2006/02/terrestrial-planet-finder-the-most-important-space-mission-nasa-should-not-fund.html An Earthlike planet</center>]]] | + | ==Origin== |
− | '''Terrestrial''' refers to the land of any given world, or more often, with that of the [[planet]] [[Earth]]. | + | [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] (in the sense ‘[[temporal]], worldly, [[mundane]]’): from [[Latin]] ''terrestris'' (from ''terra'' ‘[[earth]]’) |
| + | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_century 15th Century] |
| + | ==Definitions== |
| + | *1a : of or relating to the [[earth]] or its inhabitants <terrestrial [[magnetism]]> |
| + | :b : [[mundane]] in scope or character : prosaic |
| + | *2:a : of or relating to land as distinct from air or [[water]] <terrestrial [[transportation]]> |
| + | :b (1) : living on or in or growing from [[land]] <terrestrial plants> <terrestrial birds> (2) : of or relating to terrestrial [[organisms]] <terrestrial habits> |
| + | *3: belonging to the class of [[planets]] that are like the earth (as in [[density]] and silicate [[composition]]) <the terrestrial planets Mercury, Venus, and Mars> |
| + | ==See also== |
| + | *'''''[[Extraterrestrial]]''''' |
| + | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrestrial_animal Terrestrial animal], an animal that lives on land opposed to living in [[water]], or sometimes an animal that lives on or near the ground, as opposed to [[arboreal]] life (in trees) |
| + | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrestrial_locomotion Terrestrial locomotion], evolutionary [[adaptation]] from aquatic types of locomotion |
| + | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrestrial_plant Terrestrial plant], a [[plant]] that grows on [[land]] rather than in water or on rocks or trees |
| + | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrestrial_planet Terrestrial planet], a planet that is primarily composed of silicate rocks, and thus "[[Earth]]-like" |
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− | # An inhabitant of the [[Earth]]
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− | # (botany) a ground-dwelling [[plant]]
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− | # Of, relating to, or inhabiting the land of the Earth or its inhabitants
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− | # Of, relating to, or composed of land.
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− | # Living or growing on land; not aquatic
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− | #:a terrestrial plant
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− | # Concerned with the world or worldly matters
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