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telluric.

Pertaining to the Earth, earthly.

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj
  1. Pertaining to the Earth, earthly.

  2. Containing tellurium in a lower valency than in tellurous compounds.

Where this word comes from

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.

noun
  1. Synonym of telluric current.

Where this word comes from

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.

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