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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: of or relating to or containing the chemical element tellurium
2: of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air [syn: tellurian, telluric, terrestrial, terrene]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1836 1. of or relating to the earth ; terrestrial 2. being or relating to a usually natural electric current flowing near the earth's surface

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 of the earth as a planet. 2 of the soil. 3 Chem. of tellurium, esp. in its higher valency. Derivatives: tellurate n. Etymology: L tellus -uris earth: sense 3 f. TELLURIUM

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Telluric Tel*lu"ric, a. [L. tellus, -uris, the earth: cf. F. tellurique.] 1. Of or pertaining to the earth; proceeding from the earth. Amid these hot, telluric flames. --Carlyle. 2. (Chem.) Of or pertaining to tellurium; derived from, or resembling, tellurium; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a higher valence as contrasted with tellurous compounds; as, telluric acid, which is analogous to sulphuric acid. Telluric bismuth (Min.), tetradymite. Telluric silver (Min.), hessite.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Terrestrial, earthly.