adj
Meaning 1
Pertaining to the Earth, earthly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: earthly, terrestrial, tellurian, terrene
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
telluric
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adj
Meaning 2
Containing tellurium in a lower valency than in tellurous compounds.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Synonym of telluric current.
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: telluric current
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 4
of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tellurian, terrestrial, terrene
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 5
of or relating to or containing the chemical element tellurium
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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History
Etymology
A borrowing of French tellurique, from Latin tellus (“earth; earthy”) and Tellus (“Earth, Gaia”) and -ique (forming adjectives). Subsequently also from tellurium, originally in telluric oxide from German Telluroxyd.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: tel·lúric — pertaining to the Earth
- Dutch: aards — pertaining to the Earth
- Esperanto: tera — pertaining to the Earth
- Finnish: telluurinen — pertaining to the Earth
- French: tellurique — pertaining to the Earth
- Italian: tellurico — pertaining to the Earth
- Portuguese: telúrico — pertaining to the Earth
- Spanish: telúrico — pertaining to the Earth
- Catalan: tel·lúric — containing tellurium in a lower valency than in tellurous compounds
- French: tellurique — containing tellurium in a lower valency than in tellurous compounds
- Italian: tellurico — containing tellurium in a lower valency than in tellurous compounds
- Portuguese: telúrico — containing tellurium in a lower valency than in tellurous compounds
- Spanish: telúrico — containing tellurium in a lower valency than in tellurous compounds