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Telluric

adjective

Of or relating to or containing the chemical element tellurium.

Of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air. Synonyms: tellurian, terrene, terrestrial.

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"Telluric" Quotes from Famous Books

... difficulties would in great part be removed, if the direction of the movement of falling-stars allowed us to consider them as bodies with a solid nucleus, as cosmic phenomena (belonging to space beyond the limits of our atmosphere), and not as telluric phenomena (belonging ...

— Equinoctial Regions of America • Alexander von Humboldt

... these parts he showed was due to "water-stuff," which he hesitated to call aqueous vapor, since the banded spectrum of water was present, and not lines. The B and A line he also stated could not be claimed as telluric lines, much less as due to aqueous vapor, but must originate between the sun and our atmosphere. The author finally confirmed the presence of benzine and ethyl in the same region. He had found their presence indicated in the spectrum at sea-level, and found their absorption lines ...

— Scientific American Supplement, No. 363, December 16, 1882 • Various