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[ adjective ] of or relating to or characteristic of the planet Earth or its inhabitants
Synonyms Examples "planetary rumblings and eructations"- L.C.Eiseley "the planetary tilt" "this terrestrial ball" Used in print (J. F. Vedder, "Micrometeorites", in Francis S. J...)This is much higher than the nickel content of terrestrial dusts and sediments and provides a basis for the determination of the meteoritic mass influx . |
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[ adjective ] of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air
Used in print (Frank Oppenheimer, "Science and Fear-- A Discussion...)This and other fears of the solar_system have disappeared gradually , first , with the Ptolemaic_system and its built-in concept of periodicity and_then , more firmly , with the Newtonian innovation of an universal force that could account quantitatively for both terrestrial and celestial motions . |
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