Definition of Terrestrial

Terrestrial

Of or pertaining to the earth; existing on the earth; earthly; as, terrestrial animals.

Representing, or consisting of, the earth; as, a terrestrial globe.

Of or pertaining to the world, or to the present state; sublunary; mundane.

Consisting of land, in distinction from water; belonging to, or inhabiting, the land or ground, in distinction from trees, water, or the like; as, terrestrial serpents.

Adapted for the observation of objects on land and on the earth; as, a terrestrial telescope, in distinction from an astronomical telescope.

An inhabitant of the earth.

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Terrestrial Quotations

To confine our attention to terrestrial matters would be to limit the human spirit.
Stephen Hawking

There is only one way to achieve happiness on this terrestrial ball, and that is to have either a clear conscience or none at all.
Ogden Nash

It is dangerous for mortal beauty, or terrestrial virtue, to be examined by too strong a light. The torch of Truth shows much that we cannot, and all that we would not, see.
Samuel Johnson

The sea is everything. It covers seven tenths of the terrestrial globe. Its breath is pure and healthy. It is an immense desert, where man is never lonely, for he feels life stirring on all sides.
Jules Verne

Secondly, the nature of the revolutions which have altered the surface of the earth must have had a more decisive effect on the terrestrial quadrupeds than on the marine animals.
George Cuvier

For an Italian peasant a telegram from anywhere is a wondrous thing; and a cable from the terrestrial paradise of America is not lightly to be disregarded.
Howard K. Smith

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Terrestrial Translations

terrestrial in Dutch is aards
terrestrial in French is terrestre
terrestrial in German is irdisch, irdisch, weltlich, Erd...
terrestrial in Italian is terreno
terrestrial in Spanish is terrenal, terrestre
terrestrial in Swedish is jordisk

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