Terrestrial definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary TERRES'TRIAL, a. [L. terrestris ... 1. Pertaining to the earth; existing on the earth; as terrestrial animals; bodies terrestrial. 1 Corinthians 15. 2. Consisting of earth; as the terrestrial globe. 3. Pertaining to the world, or to the present state; sublunary. Death puts and end to all terrestrial scenes. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: of or ... as opposed to the sea or air [syn: tellurian, telluric, terrestrial, terrene] 2: of or relating to or characteristic of ...
terrestrial time definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: (astronomy ... a measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion; terrestrial time is mean solar time corrected for the irregularities of the Earth's motions [syn: terrestrial time, TT, terrestrial dynamical time, TDT, ephemeris time]
terrestrial dynamical time definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1 ... a measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion; terrestrial time is mean solar time corrected for the irregularities of the Earth's motions [syn: terrestrial time, TT, terrestrial dynamical time, TDT, ephemeris time]
Terrestrial telescope definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Telescope Tel"e*scope ... cross wires in the eyepiece and used as a sight. Terrestrial telescope, a telescope whose eyepiece has one or two lenses ...
Terrestrial magnetism definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Magnetism Mag"net*ism ... put forward by Mesmer himself. See Mesmerism, Biology, Od, Hypnotism. Terrestrial magnetism, the magnetic force exerted by the earth, and recognized ...
Terrestrial refraction definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Refraction Re*frac"tion ... a heavenly body, due to the effect of atmospheric refraction. Terrestrial refraction, the change in the apparent altitude of a distant ...
Terrestrial poles definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Pole Pole, n. [L ... Magnetic pole. See under Magnetic. Poles of the earth, or Terrestrial poles (Geog.), the two opposite points on the earth's ...
... a land environment; "terrestrially adapted" Merriam Webster's adverb see terrestrial Webster's 1913 Dictionary Terrestrial Ter*res"tri*al, a. [L. terrestris, from terra the ... pertaining to the earth; existing on the earth; earthly; as, terrestrial animals. ``Bodies terrestrial.'' --1 Cor. xv. 40. 2. Representing, or consisting of, the earth; as, a terrestrial globe. ``The dark terrestrial ball.'' --Addison. 3. Of or pertaining to the world, ...
Terrestrialness definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Terrestrial Ter*res"tri*al, a. [L. terrestris, from terra the ... pertaining to the earth; existing on the earth; earthly; as, terrestrial animals. ``Bodies terrestrial.'' --1 Cor. xv. 40. 2. Representing, or consisting of, the earth; as, a terrestrial globe. ``The dark terrestrial ball.'' --Addison. 3. Of or pertaining to the world, or to the present state; sublunary; mundane. Vain labors of terrestrial wit. --Spenser. A genius bright and base, Of towering ...
... also used for a map or projection of half the terrestrial or celestial sphere, and is then often called planisphere. 1. A map or projection of half the terrestrial globe. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: half of the terrestrial globe 2: half of a sphere 3: either half of ... as divided by a meridian c. the inhabitants of a terrestrial hemisphere 2. realm, province 3. one of two half spheres ... center 4. a map or projection of a celestial or terrestrial hemisphere 5. cerebral hemisphere • hemispheric or hemispherical adjective Oxford Reference ... a plane passing through its center. 2. Half of the terrestrial globe, or a projection of the same in a ...