Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Originating, located, or occurring outside Earth or its atmosphere.
- noun An extraterrestrial being or life form.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Occurring outside of the earth; extramundane.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective originating or located or occurring outside Earth or its atmosphere.
- noun a hypothetical form of life existing outside the Earth or its atmosphere, especially intelligent life on other planets or in other solar systems.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Originating from outside of the
Earth 'satmosphere , fromspace , or from anotherplanet ;alien to Earth or itsenvironment . - noun A being originating from outside of the
Earth 'satmosphere , fromspace , or from anotherplanet ; analien
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its atmosphere
- adjective originating or located or occurring outside Earth or its atmosphere
Etymologies
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Examples
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My spouse Xualaxar and I find lots of inherent interest in extraterrestrial romance.
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"I don't really believe in extraterrestrial life, but if we set something up like that, we'd be prepared for anything," said Brandon Coby, 23 years old, a biology major at the University of Colorado.
Colorado Flying-Saucer Believers Have Ghost Hunters in Their Sights Stephanie Simon 2010
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There, during the 60s and 70s, nearly all of the Apollo astronauts who walked on the moon were taught the basics in extraterrestrial exploration and earthworks.
Simulated Worlds 2007
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There, during the 60s and 70s, nearly all of the Apollo astronauts who walked on the moon were taught the basics in extraterrestrial exploration and earthworks.
Archive 2007-09-01 2007
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We all thought it was about testing survivability in extraterrestrial environments, when it was really to see if humans can survive in what they know our eventual environment will mostly likely be here on earth.
Think Progress » Sen. Inhofe Compares People Who Believe In Global Warming To ‘The Third Reich’ 2006
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Given that many of us (well likely all of us) here at SFSignal read Sci-Fi I'd expect that most are want to believe in extraterrestrial life too - but is there anybody who feels strongly that we must be the only intelligent beings in the universe?
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More than that, the American authorities encouraged people's interest in extraterrestrial visitors as a way of covering defence activities.
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More than that, the American authorities encouraged people's interest in extraterrestrial visitors as a way of covering defence activities.
Archive 2005-10-01 2005
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This is no hard-and-fast rule, but: Isn't that the phrase extraterrestrial armadas always use--right before they blast the puny humans to kingdom come?
Faces Of The Week: Jan 16-20 Forbes Faces Of The Week: Jan 16-20 Forbes.com staff 2006
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This is no hard-and-fast rule, but: Isn't that the phrase extraterrestrial armadas always use--right before they blast the puny humans to kingdom come?
Faces Of The Week: Jan. 16-20Forbes Faces Of The Week: Jan. 16-20 Forbes.com staff 2006
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