terrestrial

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terrestrial Definition

• (a) of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air
• (a) 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"
• (a) operating or living or growing on land
• (s) concerned with the world or worldly matters; "mundane affairs"; "he developed an immense terrestrial practicality"
• (s) of this earth; "transcendental motives for sublunary actions"; "fleeting sublunary pleasures"; "the nearest to an angelic being that treads this terrestrial ball"

terrestrial Synonyms

• land(a)
• mundane
• planetary
• sublunar
• sublunary
• tellurian
• telluric
• terrene
• terrestrial