Tellurian

Quick meaning: Tellurian is an adjective meaning (astronomy) Of a planet, being composed primarily of silicate rocks or metals; see also terrestrial planet.

Meaning

(astronomy) Of a planet, being composed primarily of silicate rocks or metals; see also terrestrial planet.

More Meanings

1. (mineralogy) Of a mineral: containing tellurium.
2. (formal or literary) Of or relating to the earth; (specifically, chiefly science fiction) inhabiting planet Earth as opposed to other planets.
3. (astronomy, historical) Alternative spelling of tellurion (“instrument used to show how the rotation of the Earth on its axis and its orbit around the Sun cause day and night and the seasons”).
4. (chiefly science fiction) Alternative letter-case form of Tellurian (“inhabitant of the planet Earth”).

Example Sentences

Of peaceful mutual Love, the whole mankind / Shall feel the happy power; joyful scenes / Of earthly bliss, tellurian happiness.

The tellurian mineral from Goldfield, Nevada, described originally as goldfieldite by Ransome (1909), was proven to be tellurian tennantite by X-ray powder diffraction (Thompson 1946).

For entrophy is the real cosmic wave, and evolution only a momentary tellurian ripple within it. On these grounds, then, I submit that we Christians have as little to fear as anyone from the knowledge actually acquired.

The myth therefore records the full gamut of creation, of both gods and men, and is plainly a priestly document. It treats authority as being ultimately celestial, and it dispenses with the concept of the Mother as tellurian and conditioned by the earthly element.

Word Forms

• tellurians

Synonyms for tellurian

Depending on context, synonyms include earthly, telluric, terrene, terrestrial, earthling.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include earthling, telluric, terrene, terrestrial, planetary, tellural.

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