Definition of 'terrestrial'

Adjective

1. of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air
      Synonyms: tellurian telluric terrene
2. 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"
      Synonyms: planetary
3. operating or living or growing on land
      Antonyms: amphibious aquatic
4. concerned with the world or worldly matters; "mundane affairs"; "he developed an immense terrestrial practicality"
      Synonyms: mundane
5. of this earth; "transcendental motives for sublunary actions"; "fleeting sublunary pleasures"; "the nearest to an angelic being that treads this terrestrial ball"
      Synonyms: sublunar sublunary

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